Articles by Ariel Cohen

 

The Lisbon NATO Summit and Russia’s Challenge

Ariel Cohen | November 19, 2010

The NATO summit to be held in Lisbon on Nov. 19–20 has a hefty agenda in which Russia features prominently. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization… Read More

 

Oleg Kashin, Russian Martyr

Ariel Cohen | November 10, 2010

Last Saturday, two criminals attacked and brutally beat Oleg Kashin, 30, a prominent Moscow journalist. Because he suffered more than 50 blows with a metal… Read More

 

The Attack on Alexander Lebedev: A Blow to Russia’s Rule of Law and Freedom of the Press

Ariel Cohen | November 05, 2010

This week, two seemingly unconnected events took place in Moscow. Yet, considered together, they have are of tremendous importance and serve to weaken the rule… Read More

 

Turkey’s New Threat Assessment: A Challenge for Washington

Ariel Cohen | November 02, 2010

Turkey’s dramatic announcement that it revised the list of countries which it believes threatens its national security (a list alternatively known as the “Red Book”)… Read More

 

Khodorkovsky: Prosecution’s Demand of a 14 Year Jail Term a Blow Against Russia

Ariel Cohen | October 27, 2010

Last Friday, Russian prosecutors asked for a new, 14-year new prison term for the former YUKOS oil company CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner… Read More

 

Is Ukraine Falling Back into the Russian Orbit?

Ariel Cohen | October 26, 2010

In a recent Daily Telegraph news report, Yulia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister and opposition leader, has publicly declared that Ukraine’s national sovereignty is being sold… Read More

 

The Grozny Suicide Attack: Violence in North Caucasus Undermines the Pro-Kremlin Ruler

Ariel Cohen | October 21, 2010

The suicide bomber attack on the Chechen Parliament in Grozny Tuesday morning cast further doubt on the Russian leadership’s declarations that the strategic North Caucasus… Read More

 

The Anatolian Eagle Is Looking Eastward

Ariel Cohen | October 15, 2010

In late September–early October, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)’s SU-27 fighters participated for the first time in the Turkish military’s aerial maneuvers. By… Read More

 

Chavez’ Visit to Russia: Infected by ‘VIRUS’?

Ariel Cohen | October 07, 2010

According to international press reports, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is planning to visit Russia, Belarus, and Iran later next week. In Moscow, he will sign… Read More

Economy

Russia-WTO: Progress but Not Ready for Accession

Ariel Cohen | October 05, 2010

On Friday the Kremlin announced that Russia and the U.S. settled all outstanding bilateral issues relating to Russia’s accession to the WTO. “I can say… Read More

Energy

Why Is Medvedev, not Putin, in China?

Ariel Cohen | September 30, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in China on Sunday to expand energy cooperation between the two countries. The new deal includes building a 13-million-ton-per-year oil… Read More

 

Russia’s Iran Dilemma

Ariel Cohen | September 27, 2010

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently stated that there is no proof that Iran is building nuclear weapons. The Russian Federation has held this position… Read More

 

Is Obama’s “Reset” Boosting Destabilizing Russian Arms Sales?

Ariel Cohen | September 21, 2010

In Washington last Friday, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov announced that Russia will supply P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria, confirming the rumors about the… Read More

 

Guess Who’s Running in 2012: Mr. Putin!

Ariel Cohen | September 20, 2010

The appearance of a government-sponsored Putin 2012 cyrillic websites pretty much clinches the major question in Russian politics: Will Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, “National Leader”… Read More

 

Putin Blames the West

Ariel Cohen | September 01, 2010

In the latest anti-Western rant, the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has blamed the United States and the West for once again thwarting bilateral relations… Read More

 

Fueling Bushehr: Did Russia Light Iran’s Nuclear Fuse?

Ariel Cohen | August 17, 2010

According to The Wall Street Journal’s announcement, Moscow will start to load fuel into Tehran’s first nuclear power plant at Bushehr on Saturday, August 21…. Read More

 

Russian Deployment of S-300 Missiles Threatens U.S. Interests in the Caucasus

Ariel Cohen | August 13, 2010

On Wednesday, Gen. Alexander Zelin, the commander of the Russian Air Force, announced that Moscow had deployed a state-of-the-art S-300 (SA-20 Favorit) long- range air… Read More

 

Islamist Terrorists Target Oil Tanker Traffic Again

Ariel Cohen | August 09, 2010

Last Friday, the United Arab Emirates acknowledged that damage sustained by a Japanese supertanker on July 28, 2010, in the Persian Gulf, was the result… Read More

Security

Senate Should Not Rush to Ratify START

Ariel Cohen | July 22, 2010

The New START treaty imposes significant limitations on U.S. ballistic missile defenses, and new limitations continue to be revealed as the treaty is scrutinized. The… Read More

Energy

Russia-Iran Energy Road Map: Is Moscow Trying to Sit on Two Chairs?

Ariel Cohen | July 16, 2010

Russian and Iranian energy ministers Sergei I. Shmatko and Massoud Mir-Kazemi, signed a “roadmap” to future economic cooperation in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries,… Read More

 

Spies or Not, Obama Pushes “Reset” with Russia and NEW START

Ariel Cohen | July 12, 2010

Only days before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will conduct hearings on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (NEW START) verification, the Obama Administration has decided… Read More

 

Russian Espionage Undermines Obama’s Reset Policy

Ariel Cohen | June 30, 2010

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that ten people have been arrested for being alleged undercover Russian spies. They were charged with conspiracy… Read More

Security

Medvedev-Obama: The Cheeseburger Summit

Ariel Cohen | June 25, 2010

Following months of intense diplomacy between the United States and Russia focusing on “resetting” bilateral relations, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev visited the United States for… Read More

 

What Senator Kerry is Missing on Obama’s Russian Reset

Ariel Cohen | June 23, 2010

As President Medvedev of Russia is coming to visit Barack Obama, the Administration’s spokesmen are desperately trying to convince us that the “reset” policy with… Read More

 News

A Hard Look at the Obama-Medvedev Summit

Ariel Cohen | June 23, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit the United States from June 22 through 24 at the invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama.  Topping the agenda… Read More

 

Congressmen Talk Turkey

Ariel Cohen | June 21, 2010

At a Washington, DC, press conference held by Members of Congress in support of Israel, Turkey received its taste of changing attitudes on Capitol Hill… Read More

 

There is No “Collective Security” in Eurasia

Ariel Cohen | June 17, 2010

The United States’ administration’s deference to the Kremlin in resolving Kyrgyzstan’s current ethnic cleansing ignores reality. Russia is seeking to dilute and diminish US influence… Read More

 

If the S-300 Sale is Allowed, Obama’s Russian “Reset” Policy Has Failed

Ariel Cohen | May 24, 2010

According to The New York Times, the Obama administration has agreed that Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles will be allowed for sale to Iran under the… Read More

Security

The New START Treaty: Under Fire

Ariel Cohen | May 03, 2010

The New START Treaty, which was signed on April 8th, 2010, in Prague, is being heralded by the Obama Administration as a major national security… Read More

 

What’s at Stake in Kyrgyzstan?

Ariel Cohen | April 14, 2010

The Obama administration has been caught flat-footed once again—this time in Kyrgyzstan. The administration didn’t anticipate the spring riots escalating and sweeping away corrupt President… Read More