Roger Cohen is a colum­nist for The New York Times, where he has worked since 1990 as a cor­re­spon­dent in Paris and Berlin and as bureau chief in the Balka­ns cov­er­ing the Bosn­ian war, for which he was cit­ed for excel­lence by the Over­seas Press Club. He was named for­eign edi­tor on 9/11, over­see­ing Pulitzer Prize-win­ning cov­er­age in the after­math of the attack. His pre­vi­ous books include Sol­diers and Slaves and Hearts Grown Bru­tal. He lives in London.