Jared Cohen

Jared Cohen (born November 24, 1981) is a geopolitical advisor. He is the Director of Google Ideas, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and an author. Previously, he served as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff under Condoleezza Rice and later Hillary Clinton. Initially brought in by Condoleezza Rice as one of the youngest members of the Policy Planning Staff in history, he was one of the few people kept on under Hillary Clinton. In this capacity, he focused on counter-terrorism, counter-radicalization, Middle East/South Asia, Youth and Technology. According to New York Times Magazine, Cohen was one of the principal architects of what became known as "21st century statecraft."