Columnist for The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, 'What to do about Syria?' live discussion, London

Roger Cohen

Columnist for The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune

Roger Cohen is a regular columnist on the IHT's views and commentary pages. His opinion column, entitled "Globalist", appears in the IHT on Mondays and Thursdays. Mr Cohen is also a New York Times columnist.

In 2006 Mr. Cohen was appointed the IHT's first editor-at-large and began his twice-weekly column on European and International affairs on the newspaper’s Page Two in 2004. He was also The New York Times’s international writer-at-large.

Previously, Mr. Cohen was foreign editor for The New York Times, a post he was officially appointed to in March 2002, having served as acting foreign editor from September 11, 2001.

He is the author of three books, Soldiers and Slaves: American GIs Trapped by the Nazis’ Final Gamble, Hearts Grown Brutal: Sagas of Sarajevo, an account of the wars of Yugoslavia’s destruction and In the Eye of the Storm, a biography of Norman Schwarzkopf.