Jared Cohen
Photo by Neil Greenberg
At 26, Jared Cohen is probably one of a select few who can keep his job on the State Deparment’s Policy Planning Staff—where he’s the youngest member—and go underground in the Middle East, partying with Hezbollah members in Lebanon and checking out the swelling underground drug scene in Iran. His second book, Children of Jihad: A Young American’s Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East, gives the juicy details of his journey. So good, even Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote a kind review.
