Isazi esihamba phambili ebudlelwaneni base-US-Russia sikhuluma ngesimangalo esiculwa ngosopolitiki nabezindaba nhlangothi zombili zomkhakha wezepolitiki sokuthi iRussia manje isiwusongo “lwenombolo yokuqala” e-United States. Uma kubhekwa izimpi zama-proxy e-Syria nase-Ukraine, uDkt. Cohen utshela umphathi u-Abby Martin ukuthi ingozi esabekayo namuhla "inhlekelele entsha, engaphambili ye-missile yaseCuba."
UDkt. Stephen Cohen unguSolwazi Emeritus eNyuvesi yasePrinceton naseNew York University lapho ayefundisa khona izifundo zesiRashiya. Usebe ngumbhali owaziwayo kanye nomhlaziyi wenqubomgomo ye-US-Russia amashumi eminyaka.