International Law
Mar. 10, 2026
The limits of bombsight diplomacy: Building peace requires more than airstrikes
Drawing on his decades of experience in international law and U.S. foreign aid, Matthew Cohen argues that while President Trump ran on reducing American military involvement, recent actions in Venezuela and Iran show that sustainable change requires internally led processes, restorative justice, and engagement with both victims and entrenched power holders.
Matthew Cohen
Of Counsel
Aleshire & Wynder, LLP
Email: mcohen@awattorneys.com
At Aleshire and Wynder, Cohen represents numerous public agencies throughout California in both litigation and transactional matters; leveraging his extensive international and government experience to provide strategic counsel on complex legal issues.
President Trump ran for office with a promise to reduce America's involvement in foreign wars and regime change. His pointed criticism of American military and diplomatic involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq struck a chord with a base that had long soured on the decades of spent U.S. blood and treasury in foreign lands. This was an inward facing administration, focused on addressing serious domestic ch...
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