Katswiri wotsogola pa ubale wa US-Russia ayankha zomwe andale ndi atolankhani akuwumbidwa mbali zonse za ndale kuti Russia tsopano ndiyo "chiwopsezo chambiri" ku United States. Chifukwa cha nkhondo za proxy ku Syria ndi Ukraine, Dr. Cohen akuuza wolandira alendo Abby Martin kuti ngozi yeniyeni lero ndi "vuto latsopano, lakutsogolo la mizinga ya Cuba."
Dr. Stephen Cohen ndi Pulofesa Emeritus ku yunivesite ya Princeton ndi yunivesite ya New York komwe ankaphunzitsa Russian Studies. Iye wakhala wolemba wodziwika komanso wothirira ndemanga pa mfundo za US-Russia kwazaka zambiri.