Background
Cohen, Saul Bernard was born on July 28, 1925 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Barnett and Anna (Kaplinsky) Cohen.
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Chapter titles: Jerusalem and the West Bank as Intertwined Issues, Geopolitical Imperatives: The Case for a Unified Jerusalem, Jerusalem From Peripheral to Focal Capital, Geopolitical Restructuring and Planning for Integration.
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(Written by one of the world's leading political geographe...)
Written by one of the world's leading political geographers, this textbook examines the dramatic changes wrought by ideological and economic forces unleashed by the end of the Cold War. Saul B. Cohen considers these forces in the context of their human and physical settings and explores their geographical influence on foreign policy and international relations. Beginning with a survey of geopolitics and its practitioners, Saul Cohen explains geopolitical terms, structure, and theory. He traces the geopolitical restructuring of the world's different regions, its major powers, and the global networks that link them, thus creating a map of dynamic equilibrium. Cohen illustrates why those regions---the convergence of what he terms the Maritime, Heartlandic Russian, and East Asian realms ---have become 'Gateways,' while the Middle East remains a 'Shatterbelt' and much of South America and Sub-Saharan Africa have grown marginalized. The author argues that whether certain areas become Gateways or Shatterbelts is the key question influencing global stability. For example, the future of peripheral parts of the Eurasian Heartland---Eastern Europe, the Trans-Caucasus, and Central Asia---depends on whether the major powers adopt policies of accommodation or competition. Cohen analyzes especially the current forces favoring accommodation, including the economic benefits of globalization and the common battle against terrorism. Presenting a global spatial scope, the book considers the entire hierarchy of geopolitical units---subnational, national states, and quasi-states; geopolitical regions; and geostrategic realms. By emphasizing the interaction between geographical settings and changing ideological and economic forces, Cohen has succeeded in creating a new global geopolitical map.
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academic administrator geographer
Cohen, Saul Bernard was born on July 28, 1925 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Barnett and Anna (Kaplinsky) Cohen.
AB, Harvard University, 1947. AM, Harvard University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Queens College, 1986. Doctor of Laws (honorary), City University of New York, 1986. Doctor of Science (honorary), Clark University, 1991.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Clark University, 2004. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Haifa University, Israel, 2004.
From instructor to professor geography, Boston University, 1952-1965;
visiting professor, United States Naval War College, 1957;
professor geography, director, Graduate School Geography, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1965-1978;
dean, Graduate School Geography, Clark University (Graduate School), 1967-1970;
chairman faculty, Graduate School Geography, Clark University (Graduate School), 1973-1976, 77-78;
president, Queens College, Flushing, New York, 1978-1985;
university professor geography, Hunter College, New York, 1986-1996;
university professor emeritus, Hunter College, New York, since 1996. Visiting professor Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1971, 74, 75. Adjunct Professor Haifa U., 1977.
Consultant social science division National Science Foundation, 1966-1974, United States Office Education, 1966-1977. Member United States national delegation International Geography Union, 1966-1969. Chairman of Commission geography National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1966-1969.
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Chairman New York City Early Childhood Commission, 1985-1986. Co-chairman New York State School and Business Alliance, 1986-1994. Member Temporary State Commission on New York City School Governance, 1989-1991.
At-large member New York State Board Regents, since 1993, chairman Regents Telecommunications Policy Commission, 1994-1997, Regents Elementary, Secondary and Continuing Education Committee, 1995-1998, Regents Higher Education and Profession committee, 1999-2003, co-chairman critical issues workgroup, 2004-2005, chairman quality committee, 2005-2006, policy integration and innovation committee, 2006-2007, chairman, 2007-2009, regents state learning standards revision committee. Member New York State Archives Partnership Trust, 1994—2010. Member Consortium Professional Associations (chairman 1965-1971), Association American Geographers (executive officer 1964-1965, delegate American Council Learned Societies 1964-1966, member council 1966-1970, chairman committee college geography 1965-1967, vice president 1988-1989, president 1989-1990, past president 1990-1991, chairman committee on geografic curriculum international exchange 1990-1996), American Geography Society (council 1970-1979).
Married Miriam Friederman, June 11, 1950. Children: Deborah Fae, Louise Esther.