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Ariel Cohen

Ariel Cohen

Ariel Cohen, L.L.B., Ph.D., is a well known Washington-based foreign and security policy expert. His particular expertise lies in the areas of energy security; war on terror; the Middle East, including Turkey and Israel; security; Russia's economic and financial policy; U.S.-Russian relations; Caspian pipeline security; ethnic conflict; and relationships between Russia and the New Independent States (NIS). Dr. Cohen has conducted policy briefings at the White House, advised U.S. Senators and Congressmen, and lectured at the CIA, the State Department, and other government agencies. He produced numerous analyses, which were published in leading journals and newspapers in the U.S. and around the world. He has organized and conducted conferences spanning a broad range of subjects, including international financial institutions' aid to Russia; international organized crime; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other topics.

Cohen is Research Fellow in International Energy Security and Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Davis International Studies Institute at the Heritage Foundation. Cohen manages a successful policy research program on Russia, the New Independent States and Central Europe, working closely with Congressmen and Congressional staff members and cabinet-level Russian, Eurasian and Eastern and Central European decision makers.

Dr. Cohen frequently testifies before committees of the U.S. Congress, including House Foreign Relations, House Armed Services, House Judiciary Committees and the Helsinki Commission. He regularly appears on CNN, NBC, BBC-TV and other major radio and TV networks. Dr. Cohen served as a weekly commentator for Voice of America and United Press International. He writes as a guest columnist for the Washington Post, the Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Journal of Commerce, Harvard International Review, National Review, TechCentralStation, and other journals and magazines in the U.S. and abroad.

Dr. Cohen has contributed numerous book chapters to relevant authors and publishers. He has a chapter based upon his War of Ideas article, first published in Comparative Strategy, 2003, in a forthcoming Heritage Foundation book (2005) on how to win the war on terror. He is also editing a book on Security Shifts in Eurasia after 9/11 (forthcoming, 2005). His book, Russian Imperialism: Development and Crisis, published by Praeger Publishers/Greenwood in hard cover (1996) and paperback (1998) is frequently used in undergraduate and graduate curricula. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, International Institute for Strategic Studies (London) and on the Board of Global Coalition Against Terrorism. He is a member of Editorial Board of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Stockholm). Dr. Cohen has served as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University and in a number of West Coast universities, including Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.

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“All Intifada, All the Time”

While the West is basking in the tunes of Christmas carols, a different tune is being played by the two leading Jihadi TV channels, al Jazeera and al Manar. The radical Sunni al Jazeera, broadcasting from Qatar, the flagship of…

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Which Anti-Terrorism Model Do You Like?

Dr. Cohen is Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Davis International Studies Institute at the Heritage Foundation, working closely with Congressmen, Congressional staff members, three U.S. Administration members, as well as cabinet-level Russian, Eurasian and Eastern and…

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