We review the extension of the factorization formalism of perturbative QCD to
{\it coherent} soft rescattering associated with hard scattering in high energy
nuclear collisions. We emphasize the ability to quantify high order corrections
and the predictive power of factorization approach in terms of universal
nonperturbative matrix elements. Although coherent rescattering effects are
power suppressed by hard scales of the scattering, they are enhanced by the
nuclear size and could play an important role in understanding the novel
nuclear dependence observed in high energy nuclear collisions.Comment: 8 pages, 13 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of 1st
International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High Energy
Nuclear Collisions (Hard Probe 2004), Ericeira, Portugal, Nov. 4-10, 200