Professor

School of International Service

American University
Washington, DC 20016

TEL: (202) 885-1623
FAX: (202) 885-2494
HOME: (301) 320-3897
E-MAIL: scohen@american.edu

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  exchange rates, currency markets; international trade and finance
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  foreign policy and international relations; international economic policy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Professional Staff Member, Economic Affairs, Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy, 1974-75; Senior International Economist, Legg-Mason and Company, 1973-74; Chief Economist, US-Japan Trade Council, 1969-73; Assistant to the Vice President, International Division, Philadelphia National Bank, 1968-69; International Economist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, US Treasury Department, 1964-67.

IN JAPAN: repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

An Ocean Apart: Explaining Three Decades of US-Japanese Trade Frictions (Praeger, 1998); Cowboys and Samurai--Why the US is Losing the Battle with the Japanese and Why it Matters (Harper-Collins, 1991); The Making of US International Economic Policy: Principles, Problems, and Proposals for Reform (Praeger, 1988); Uneasy Partnership: Competition and Conflict in US-Japanese Trade Relations (Ballinger, 1985); International Monetary Reform, 1964-69: The Political Dimension (Praeger, 1971).