Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - He maha nga tau i whakahe a Cohen i te kaupapa here ā-waho a Tony Blair. I timata ia ki te whakarereke i ona whakaaro i muri i te 2001, e kii ana i te 2003 whakaekenga o Iraq, a ka noho hei kaiwhakawhiwhi mo te Stop the War Coalition. I te tau 2006, ko ia tetahi o nga kaihauturu matua ki te Euston Manifesto, i whakaarohia e ia te mea e kiia ana ko "he whakaurunga torangapu hou", i roto i te mea ka kaha ake te tuunga o te taha maui ki te tautoko i te whakauru hoia me te mea i whakaarohia e nga kaihauturu he ahua kino ki a Amerika. I tautoko a Cohen i te whakaekenga a NATO ki Libya
ki te whakaheke i te kaiārahi o mua o Libya a Muammar Gaddafi i te tau 2011. I te tau 2012, i karanga ia mo te whakauru hoia o te Hauauru ki te Pakanga a-iwi o Hiria.