Ariel Cohen

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Ariel Cohen
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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.

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