Ben Cohen is the Senior Correspondent of The Algemeiner, one of the leading Jewish news outlets in the United States. Based in New York City, he writes extensively on the challenges posed by antisemitism and political extremism around the globe, especially in western Europe, eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Originally from the United Kingdom, he moved to the United States in 2004 and is now an American citizen. He holds a BA (Hons) in Philosophy from the University of Manchester (1989) and an MSc. (Econ) in Political Theory from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1990).

A specialist on Jewish, Middle Eastern, European and international affairs, Ben Cohen's articles, op-eds, essays and features have been published by The Wall Street Journal, Tablet, The New York Post, Moment Magazine, Haaretz, Fox News, Real Clear World, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, PJ Media, The Huffington Post, The Congressional Quarterly, The Jerusalem Post, Jewish Ideas Daily, Mosaic and The Forward.

He writes a weekly column on international affairs for JNS.org that is syndicated to more than 100 media outlets in the U.S. and internationally. He is a contributor to the journal Commentary and also serves on the advisory editorial board of Fathom Quarterly, a London-based journal covering the Middle East. His policy papers have been published by leading research organizations, including the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (Israel) and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (United Kingdom.) A frequent broadcaster, he has appeared on Fox News, CNN, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Arise TV, National Public Radio (NPR) and Voice of America (VoA).

Before moving to the US, Ben worked for the BBC and other British media outlets as a producer and reporter. As a foreign correspondent, he reported from Bosnia during the 1992-95 war, and has been on assignment in Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Macedonia, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone and many other countries.

Ben's widely-acclaimed book, Some Of My Best Friends: A Journey Through Twenty-First Century Antisemitism (Edition Critic, 2014), is available online in paperback and digital versions. He has contributed essays to several books, including "The New War on Israel," published by Commentary in 2014, and 'Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism and Delegitimizing Israel,' published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2016.