Cohen, Avner

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COHEN, Avner

COHEN, Avner. Israeli, b. 1951. Genres: Military/Defense/Arms control. Career: Writer, philosopher, and historian. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, philosophy instructor, 1983-1991; Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, College Park, MD, senior research fellow; National Security Archive, Washington, DC, senior research fellow. Publications: Doubt, Anxiety, and Salvation: A Study of Meta-philosophical and Psychological Themes in the History of Skepticism (Ph.D. thesis), 1981; (ed. with S. Lee) Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity: The Fundamental Questions, 1986; (ed. with M. Dascal) The Institution of Philosophy: A Discipline in Crisis?, 1989; (with M. Miller) Nuclear Shadows in the Middle East: Prospects for Arms Control in the Wake of the Gulf Crisis, 1990; Israel and the Bomb, 1998. Contributor to academic journals. Address: The National Security Archive, Gelman Library Suite 701, 2130 H St. N.W., Washington, DC 20037, U.S.A. Online address: acohen@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu

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