Ariel Cohen, Author at The Daily Signal

START and Beyond: Obama Abandons US Power

Ariel Cohen | April 07, 2010

The New START Treaty that Presidents Obama and Medvedev are going to sign tomorrow in Prague sets the stage for the big show, the April… Read More

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START Follow on Treaty: In Pursuit of a Pipe Dream

Ariel Cohen | March 26, 2010

MOSCOW – After more than a year of negotiations on a follow-on to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry… Read More

Medvedev-Sarkozy Honeymoon: At What Price?

Ariel Cohen | March 03, 2010

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev arrived in Paris on Monday for a three-day visit and to launch a new strategic partnership with France. The new Franco-Russian… Read More

What Next After Ukrainian Elections?

Ariel Cohen | February 23, 2010

The defeated Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has dropped her court case challenging the results from the February 7th presidential election. She had attempted to… Read More

U.S. Overtakes Russia in Gas Output

Ariel Cohen | February 04, 2010

As Bloomberg reports, during 2009 U.S. natural gas output grew 3.7 percent to an estimated 624 billion cubic meters (bcm), while the Russian production dropped… Read More

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Obama’s Russia Policy: A Disappointing First Year

Ariel Cohen | January 19, 2010

President Barack Obama’s Russia policy is defined by the Administration’s view that America is overstretched globally, and that without assistance from a major power, such… Read More

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Arms Control Folly

Ariel Cohen | January 14, 2010

On January 12th William Hartung posted a criticism of Ariel Cohen’s January 8th New York Times op-ed on the START follow-on treaty. Instead of a… Read More

High Stakes in Ukraine’s Presidential Elections

Ariel Cohen | January 14, 2010

Much is at stake for Ukraine and the U.S. in Ukraine’s presidential elections, which are scheduled for January 17, 2010. Ukraine was a part of… Read More

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START Negotiations Restart Next Week

Ariel Cohen | January 13, 2010

Washington and Moscow will restart talks with Washington on a new arms control treaty this month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. “We hope… Read More

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START Talks: Russian Demands Undermine Nuclear Balance

Ariel Cohen | November 16, 2009

On November 12, General Nikolai Makarov, the chief of the Russian General Staff, said that Russia was seeking to overcome “a range of problems” in… Read More

A Year of Living Dangerously: Obama’s Disappointing “Russian Year”

Ariel Cohen | November 04, 2009

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Munich in March she presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a gift intended to symbolize the… Read More

Biden Should Treat Poland with Respect

Ariel Cohen | October 21, 2009

In what appears to be an emerging ritual, Vice President Joe Biden is heading out to Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic ostensibly to talk… Read More

Pipeline Threats to Europe?

Ariel Cohen | October 13, 2009

Have Russia’s oil and gas replaced Cossack squadrons and tank divisions as the means to intimidate Europe? Will pipeline routes create new dependencies in the… Read More

Obama’s Rookie Blunder on Missile Defense Concessions

Ariel Cohen | September 18, 2009

MOSCOW – President Barak Obama’s decision to abandon ballistic missile defense in Central Europe will encourage Iranian truculence and will not generate Russian good will… Read More

Russian Pressure is Growing in Ukraine

Ariel Cohen | September 15, 2009

MOSCOW – Is the Obama Administration, busy pushing the “reset button” with Russia is about to suffer a geopolitical setback in Ukraine? When talking to… Read More

Unrequited Concessions In Chess Is Bad Policy

Ariel Cohen | September 14, 2009

MOSCOW – In meetings with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the leading Russian foreign policy experts one thing becomes blatantly clear:… Read More

Beware of NATO Recognizing Russia’s Sphere of Interests

Ariel Cohen | September 03, 2009

In the current issue of Foreign Affairs, former-President Carter National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski has a piece titled “An Agenda for NATO: Toward a Global… Read More

Russo-Saudi Arms Deal: The Harbinger of the Middle East Power Shift?

Ariel Cohen | September 01, 2009

The Obama Administration is ignoring news reports that Russia is planning to sign a contract with Saudi Arabia, in which the Kingdom will receive over… Read More

A Warning From Good Friends

Ariel Cohen | July 22, 2009

The Obama Administration managed to open a wide gap with some of America’s most reliable allies, those of Central Europe. In the recent Open Letter… Read More

Russia-Georgia: Doth the lady protest too much?

Ariel Cohen | April 17, 2009

Leading Russian officials are loudly protesting the forthcoming NATO staff exercise in Georgia. The exercises do not involve any armed troops and are essentially a… Read More

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Articles by Ariel Cohen

START and Beyond: Obama Abandons US Power

START Follow on Treaty: In Pursuit of a Pipe Dream

Medvedev-Sarkozy Honeymoon: At What Price?

What Next After Ukrainian Elections?

U.S. Overtakes Russia in Gas Output

Obama’s Russia Policy: A Disappointing First Year

Arms Control Folly

High Stakes in Ukraine’s Presidential Elections

START Negotiations Restart Next Week

START Talks: Russian Demands Undermine Nuclear Balance

A Year of Living Dangerously: Obama’s Disappointing “Russian Year”

Biden Should Treat Poland with Respect

Pipeline Threats to Europe?

Obama’s Rookie Blunder on Missile Defense Concessions

Russian Pressure is Growing in Ukraine

Unrequited Concessions In Chess Is Bad Policy

Beware of NATO Recognizing Russia’s Sphere of Interests

Russo-Saudi Arms Deal: The Harbinger of the Middle East Power Shift?

A Warning From Good Friends

Russia-Georgia: Doth the lady protest too much?

Pushing the Wrong Buttons

Medvedev Preparing Putin’s Return to Presidency?

One-Sided View of War in Russia

Passing of a Titan

Hezbollah’s Victory: Made in Teheran and Damascus