Umphengululi okhokelayo kubudlelwane base-US-Russia ujongana nebango lokuvuthelwa kwezopolitiko kunye namajelo eendaba kumacala omabini ezopolitiko ukuba iRussia ngoku “yinombolo yokuqala” isoyikiso eUnited States. Ngenxa yeemfazwe zommeli eSyria nase-Ukraine, uGqr. Cohen uxelela umamkeli u-Abby Martin ukuba eyona ngozi yokwenyani namhlanje "yingxaki emitsha ye-missile yaseCuba."
UGqr Stephen Cohen nguNjingalwazi Emeritus kwiYunivesithi yasePrinceton kunye neYunivesithi yaseNew York apho wayefundisa khona i-Russian Studies. Ube ngumbhali owaziwayo kunye nogqabaza ngomgaqo-nkqubo wase-US-Russia amashumi eminyaka.