Foreign Affairs Newsletters Search Taiwan COVID-19 Topics Regions Explainers More Experts Jerome A. Cohen Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies Expertise China Asia International Law Treaties and Agreements Human Rights Civil Society Rule of Law Programs Asia Program About the Expert Contact Email jcohen@cfr.org Follow Downloads Download High Resolution Photo Download CV Expert Bio Jerome A. Cohen is an expert on law in East Asia. He has been an adjunct senior fellow for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations since 1995. Cohen has special expertise in business and public law relating to Asia, especially China. He served as the codirector of NYU’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute and since 1990, has been a professor at the New York University School of Law, where he currently teaches courses on topics including China’s legal tradition and law and society in China. Full Bio and Contact Publications Events In the News Blogs Podcasts Topics - Any - Defense and Security Diplomacy and International Institutions Economics Energy and Environment Health Human Rights Politics and Government Social Issues Regions - Any - Americas Asia Europe and Eurasia Global Commons Middle East and North Africa Oceania Sub-Saharan Africa Type - Any - Articles Blogs Books Explainers External Content Infoguide Interviews Reports Task Force Reports Testimony Tracker Sort By : NewestOldest China China’s Disappeared: How Beijing Silences Critics In Brief by Jerome A. Cohen November 23, 2021 China How 2020 Shaped U.S.-China Relations Article by Elizabeth C. Economy, Yanzhong Huang, Jerome A. Cohen, Adam Segal and Julian Gewirtz December 15, 2020 Asia Program Hong Kong Is Hong Kong Still Autonomous? What to Know About China’s New Laws In Brief by Jerome A. Cohen May 29, 2020 Asia Program Taiwan Why Does the WHO Exclude Taiwan? In Brief by Yu-Jie Chen and Jerome A. Cohen April 9, 2020 Asia Program China Communist China’s Painful Human Rights Story Article by Jerome A. Cohen September 26, 2019 Asia Program Hong Kong The Crisis in Hong Kong: What to Know In Brief by Jerome A. Cohen August 13, 2019 Hong Kong What Does the Pause of Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill Mean? Article by Jerome A. Cohen June 19, 2019 Asia Program Hong Kong Link If Beijing wants an extradition law with Hong Kong – and elsewhere – it should reform its judicial process with Jerome A. Cohen via South China Morning Post May 22, 2019 China Link Taiwan and International Human Rights with Jerome A. Cohen via SpringerLink May 20, 2019 China Link The Seventh Annual Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Memorial Lecture on U.S.-East Asia Relations with Jerome A. Cohen via Wilson Center April 11, 2019 Taiwan Link The Taiwan Relations Act: Charting a Stable Course for the U.S. in Asia with Jerome A. Cohen via Foreign Policy Research Institute April 8, 2019 Rule of Law Link Law and Power in China’s International Relations with Jerome A. Cohen via SSRN March 18, 2019 China Link Law's Relation to Political Power in China: A Backward Transition with Jerome A. Cohen via Social Research: An International Quarterly March 18, 2019 China Link Jerome A. Cohen on the Taiwan Relations Act with Jerome A. Cohen via Carnegie Council February 20, 2019 China Link Normalization of Sino-American Relations: 40 Years Later with Jerome A. Cohen via ChinaFile January 10, 2019 China Link Xi Jinping Sees Some Pushback Against His Iron-Fisted Rule with Jerome A. Cohen via Washington Post August 2, 2018 China Link Jerome Cohen: Xi and CCP Aim for Unchallenged Power with Jerome A. Cohen via The Diplomat March 7, 2018 China Link Xi Jinping Amends China's Constitution with Jerome A. Cohen via Lawfare March 7, 2018 Asia Link How China’s trial of Lee Ming-che is a warning to Taiwanese activists inspired by freedoms and democracy with Jerome A. Cohen via South China Morning Post October 2, 2017 China Link How India border stand-off gives China a chance to burnish its global image with Jerome A. Cohen via South China Morning Post July 21, 2017 China Link A Taiwanese Man’s Detention in Guangdong Threatens a Key Pillar of Cross-Straits Relations with Jerome A. Cohen and Yu-Jie Chen via China File April 20, 2017 China Link Beijing and Taipei Should End Their Tug of War Over Repatriation of Criminal Suspects with Jerome A. Cohen and Yu-Jie Chen via South China Morning Post September 28, 2016 Asia Link The Wisdom of The Hague’s South China Sea Decision with Jerome A. Cohen via Wall Street Journal July 19, 2016 China Link Like It or Not, UNCLOS Arbitration Is Legally Binding for China with Jerome A. Cohen via East Asia Forum July 11, 2016 Load More About Member Programs Contact Support For Media Newsletters Membership Careers ©2021 Council on Foreign Relations. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.