Ronen A. Cohen

Ronen A. Cohen (Hebrew: רונן א. כהן) is an Israeli scholar of Middle Eastern studies. He is an associate professor at Ariel University, and heads both its Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies (MECAS) center and Department of Middle Eastern and Political Science Studies.[3]

Ronen Cohen
Born1976 (age 46–47)
Academic background
Alma materBar-Ilan University[1]
ThesisThe Development of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization and Its Struggle Against the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1997–1987 (2004)
Academic work
InstitutionsAriel University[2]
Main interestsIranian studies
Websitehttps://www.ariel.ac.il/wp/mecarc/ronen-a-cohen/

Cohen's main field of research is contemporary history and politics of Iran[2] and he has written numerous works on the subject including monographs on Iranian organizations the Hojjatieh, the Forqan and the Mojahedin-e Khalq.

Views

Cohen maintains that Ruhollah Khomeini was immensely influenced by Musa al-Sadr, deriving "most of his methods and vision" from his pupil. He credits Iranian Revolution to Sadr, not Khomeini, stating "Khomeini conducted the music, but the music was composed by al-Sadr."[4]

In a June 2013 interview with The Jerusalem Post, Cohen categorically dismissed that the next Iranian president, to-be-elected in 2013 presidential election, may follow a nuclear policy different from his predecessor and said "the president is a clerk, a pawn of the supreme leader".[3]

Writing an opinion piece for Israel Hayom in 2018, Cohen remarked that regime change is inevitable in Iran: "it is just a matter of time before the revolution implodes and blows up in everyone's face".[5]

Published works
Books as author
  • The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987–1997: Their Survival after the Islamic Revolution and Resistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sussex Academic Press. 2009.[1][2]
  • The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present. Palgrave Macmillan US. 2013.
  • Revolution Under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran. Palgrave Macmillan US. 2015.[6]
  • Upheavals in the Middle East: The Theory and Practice of a Revolution. Lexington Books. 2016.[7]
  • The Mostadha'fin's Confusing Journey from Shariati's Revolutionary Utopianism to Khomeini's Dystopian Reality, 1976–1982. Peter Lang. 2019.
Book chapters
  • "Self-Criticism and Confronting Anti-Semitism: The Moderate Voices of Recognition in the Islamic World". Post-Holocaust Studies in a Modern Context. IGI Global. 2019.
Books as editor
  • Identities in Crisis in Iran: Politics, Culture and Religion. Lexington Books. 2015.
Selected papers

References
  1. Rafati, Naysan (2010). "Reviewed Work: The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987–1997: Their Survival after the Islamic Revolution and Resistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran by Ronen A. Cohen". Journal of Islamic Studies. 43 (10): 736–739. JSTOR 27919949.
  2. Frantzman, Seth J. (2010). "Reviewed Work: The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987–1997". Digest of Middle East Studies. 19 (1): 736–739. doi:10.1111/j.1949-3606.2010.00024.x.
  3. Ben Solomon, Ariel (13 June 2013), "Analysis: Iran election won't impact nuclear policy", The Jerusalem Post, retrieved 25 April 2021
  4. Mūsā al-Ṣadr – redeemer, revolutionary, and father of the Shī'a awakening in the Middle East, International Political Science Association
  5. Ronen, Cohen (31 December 2018), "To protest or not to protest", Israel Hayom, retrieved 25 April 2021
  6. Lob, Eric (2016). "Reviewed Work: Ronen A. Cohen, Revolution under Attack: The Forqan Group of Iran (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 48 (3): 599–601. doi:10.1017/S0020743816000611. S2CID 164160251.
  7. Bevers, Michael (2015). "Reviewed Work: Upheavals in the Middle East: The Theories and Practice of a Revolution by Cohen Ronen A.". Journal of Islamic Studies. 26 (3): 343–345. doi:10.1093/jis/etv035. JSTOR 26200408.
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