Ariel Cohen Explained

Birth Place:Yalta, Soviet Union

Ariel Cohen is a political scientist focusing on political risk, international security and energy policy, and the rule of law.[1] Cohen currently serves as the Managing Director of the Energy, Growth, and Security Program] (EGS) at the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC), an independent, nonprofit research and education organization founded in 1993 to promote tax reform and public-private initiatives to improve the investment climate in transition and developing economies.

He is also a nonresident senior fellow in the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council.[2] Until July 2014, Cohen was a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. He specializes in Russia, Eurasia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.

Early life and education

Cohen was born in Yalta, Soviet Union. In 1986, he graduated Bar-Ilan University's law school in Tel Aviv, Israel with a L.L.B. He received a M.A. in Law and Diplomacy in 1989, and a Ph.D. from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1993.[3]

Career

Cohen has testified before committees of the U.S. Congress, including the Senate and House Foreign Relations Committees, the House Armed Services Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the Helsinki Commission.[4] He served as a policy adviser with the National Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Deterrence Analysis.[5] Cohen has consulted for USAID, the World Bank, and the Pentagon.[6] [7]

Cohen testified in favor of the use of fossil fuels at the Hearing of the Committee on the Budget, “Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change” on May 1, 2024.[8]

Cohen is a writer and commentator in the American and international media. He has appeared on CNN, NBC, CBS, FOX, C-SPAN, BBC-TV and Al Jazeera English, and Russian and Ukrainian national TV networks. He was a commentator on a Voice of America weekly radio and TV show for eight years. He is a contributing editor to The National Interest and a blogger for Voice of America.

He has written guest columns for The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, EurasiaNet, Valdai Discussion Club,[9] and National Review Online. In Europe, Cohen’s analyses have appeared in Kommersant, Izvestiya, Hurriyet, the popular Russian website Ezhenedelny Zhurnal, and many others.[10] [11] Cohen has written on financial corruption and foreign policy in Russia, and on U.S. security issues.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

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  1. News: USSR's Top Ten. Pravda. 2003-12-18.
  2. Web site: Experts Ariel Cohen. Atlantic Council.
  3. Web site: Dr. Ariel Cohen . Wikistrat . 2 July 2013.
  4. Web site: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute.
  5. Web site: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies . Dr. Ariel Cohen . 1 July 2013.
  6. Web site: The Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. Author Profile. The Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
  7. News: Cohen. Ariel. www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/opinion/17iht-edacohen.html. The New York Times. June 16, 2009.
  8. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4636629-big-oil-tobacco-doj-prosecution-former-federal-litigator-senate-hearing/
  9. Web site: Valdai . Club . Contributors . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013223522/http://valdaiclub.com/authors/22143.html . 2012-10-13 .
  10. Web site: The National Interest. Author Profile. 17 February 2011 . The National Interest.
  11. News: Cohen. Ariel. [tp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/19/russia-bears-down/ COHEN: Russia bears down Obama's 'reset' button is broken]. The Washington Times. August 19, 2010.
  12. Web site: Cohen. Ariel. Crime and Corruption in Eurasia: A Threat to Democracy and International Security. The Heritage Foundation. 5 March 2012.
  13. Web site: Cohen . Ariel . Russia's Borrowing Spree: A Looming Financial Crisis. The Heritage Foundation. 5 March 2012.
  14. Web site: Cohen. Ariel. U.S. Foreign Policy Interests and Human Rights in Central Asia. The Heritage Foundation. 10 May 2012.
  15. Web site: The Endowment for Middle East Truth. EMET Advisory Board Bio. The Endowment for Middle East Truth. 10 May 2012.
  16. Web site: Cohen. Ariel. Springtime is for War?. The Heritage Foundation. 5 March 2012.
  17. Web site: Cohen. Ariel. What Is Driving the High Oil Prices?. The Heritage Foundation. 5 March 2012.
  18. Book: Cohen, Ariel. The Russian Military and the Georgia War: Lessons and Implications. 2011. Military Bookshop. 978-1780395135.
  19. Book: Cohen, Ariel. Kazakhstan: The Road to Independence. 2008. Central Asia Caucasus Institute. 978-9185937363.
  20. Book: Cohen, Ariel. Kazakhstan: Energy Cooperation with Russia - Oil, Gas and Beyond. 2006. GMB Publishing. 978-1905050413.
  21. Book: Cohen, Ariel. Eurasia in Balance. 2005. Ashgate. 978-0754644491.
  22. Book: Cohen, Ariel. Russian Imperialism: Development and Crisis. 1996. Praeger. 978-0275964818.
  23. Web site: Cohen. Ariel. Russian Missiles to Syria Endanger U.S. Foreign Policy Goals. The Heritage Foundation. May 29, 2013.
  24. Web site: Cohen. Ariel. How More Economic Freedom Will Attract Investment to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The Heritage Foundation. June 26, 2012.
  25. Web site: Cohen. Ariel. Reset Regret: Heritage Foundation Recommendations. The Heritage Foundation. 12 March 2012.
  26. Web site: Cohen. Ariel. Central Asian Terrorism: An Emerging Threat to U.S. Security. The Heritage Foundation. 6 July 2012.
  27. Web site: Cohen. Ariel. Turkey after the Elections: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy. The Heritage Foundation. 6 July 2012.
  28. Web site: Cohen . Ariel . TIME TO PAUSE THE RESET? DEFENDING U.S. INTERESTS IN THE FACE OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSION . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20110910133452/http%3A//www.internationalrelations.house.gov/112/67304.pdf . dead . 10 September 2011 . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS . 12 March 2012 .
  29. Web site: Cohen . Ariel . European and Eurasian Energy Developing Capabilities for Security and Prosperity . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20110910123250/http%3A//www.internationalrelations.house.gov/112/66781.pdf . dead . 10 September 2011 . U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia Foreign Affairs Committee . 12 March 2012 .
  30. Web site: Cohen . Ariel . Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Oil Dependence . Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. House of Representatives . 12 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110204023821/http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/110/34241.pdf . 4 February 2011 .

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