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Dr. Ariel Cohen is a Research Fellow at the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, Heritage Foundation. Cohen's expertise is in Russia and former Soviet Union, Ukraine, Central Asia and the Caucasus; Central and Eastern Europe; International Energy Security; Arab-Israeli conflict, and Yasir Arafat.

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START Talks: Russian Demands Undermine Nuclear Balance

The completion of the START follow on treaty is a major part of the administration’s effort to “reset” relations with Russia and is seen as a stepping stone in achieving Barak Obama’s goal of a “world without nuclear weapons”. Russians openly deride ...

From ARIEL COHEN, The Heritage Foundation,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress

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

White House wordsmiths seem to also have forgotten that if you push the reset button, old software bugs get reloaded. When it comes to Russia’s visceral suspicion of America, that’s exactly what happened. President Obama biggest non-symbolic mistake ...

From ARIEL COHEN, The Heritage Foundation,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  George W. Bush,  Vladimir Putin,  Hamas

Executive Summary: Russia's Economic Crisis and U.S.-Russia Relations: Troubled Times Ahead

As the Obama Administration embarks on a major readjustment of U.S. policy toward Russia, U.S. policymakers need to understand how the economic crisis is influencing Russia's foreign and domestic policies, and thereby affects U.S. interests. Much of ...

From ARIEL COHEN, PH.D., AND RICHARD E. ERICSON, PH.D., The Heritage Foundation,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  World Trade Organization,  Ronald Reagan,  U.S. Congress,  Heritage Foundation

Russia's Economic Crisis and U.S.-Russia Relations: Troubled Times Ahead

Abstract: Russia's revenues from oil and natural gas are enabling its aggressive and often anti-Western foreign policy. Russia's falling economic performance has toned down Russia's rhetoric, but has not drastically changed Russia's foreign policy ...

From ARIEL COHEN, PH.D., AND RICHARD E. ERICSON, PH.D., The Heritage Foundation,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Dmitry Medvedev,  NATO,  Vladimir Putin

Biden Should Treat Poland with Respect

In what appears to be an emerging ritual, Vice President Joe Biden is heading out to Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic to ostensibly talk missile defense. But in reality it looks like a mopping up operation after yet another faux pas by his ...

From ARIEL COHEN, The Heritage Foundation,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Joe Biden,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Donald Tusk

Pipeline Threats to Europe?

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 21st century which may force the NATO alliance come apart at the seams? Nord Stream is a gas ...

From ARIEL COHEN, The Heritage Foundation,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: NATO,  Dmitry Medvedev,  Radek Sikorski,  Barack Obama

Blood Brothers No More?

Is President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia trying to come out from under the shadow of his long-time political mentor and former boss Prime Minister Vladimir Putin? So it would seem. At a meeting last month with the Valdai Club of Russia experts at his ...

From ARIEL COHEN, The Heritage Foundation,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Dmitry Medvedev,  Vladimir Putin,  Rudyard Kipling,  World Trade Organization,  Benjamin Netanyahu

Op-Ed Contributor : Blood Brothers No More?

WASHINGTON — Is President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia trying to come out from under the shadow of his long-time political mentor and former boss Prime Minister Vladimir Putin? So it would seem. At a meeting last month with the Valdai Club of Russia ...

From ARIEL COHEN, International Herald Tribune,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Dmitry Medvedev,  Vladimir Putin,  Rudyard Kipling,  World Trade Organization,  Benjamin Netanyahu

A Policy Agenda for the U.S.-Russia Congressional Caucus

Last week, Congress launched the bipartisan Congressional Russia Caucus, which is chaired by Congressmen Tom Price (R-GA) and Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH). The creation of the caucus could not be timelier, as the Obama Administration seems to have made ...

From ARIEL COHEN, PH.D., The Heritage Foundation,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  NATO,  Joe Biden,  Tom Price,  Zbigniew Brzezinski

Obama’s Rookie Blunder on Missile Defense Concessions

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 or support for the US on Iran sanctions. This is the main take-home lesson from ...

From ARIEL COHEN, The Heritage Foundation,  18 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Vladimir Putin,  Sergey Lavrov,  Dmitry Medvedev,  NATO

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