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Ariel cohen on azerbaijan
Ariel Cohen (born April 3, 1959 in Crimea in Yalta, USSR) is a political scientist focusing on political risk, international security and energy policy, and the rule of law. Cohen currently serves as the Director of The Center for Energy, Natural Resources and Geopolitics (CENRG) at the Institute for Analysis of Global Security (IAGS). CENRG focuses on the nexus between energy, geopolitics and security, and natural resources and growth. He is also a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, within the Global Energy Center and the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center. Until July 2014, Dr. 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.
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- Ariel cohen on azerbaijan
- Ariel cohen islamic terrorism in russia
- Early life and education
- Political and media work
- Key predictions
- Current Appointments
- References
Ariel cohen islamic terrorism in russia
Early life and education
Cohen graduated Bar-Ilan University Law School in Israel in 1986 with L.L.B. In 1989 he received an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy and in 1993 a PhD. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Political and media work
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. He also served as a Policy Adviser with the National Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Deterrence Analysis. In addition, Cohen has consulted for USAID, the World Bank and the Pentagon.
Cohen is a frequent 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, as well as Russian and Ukrainian national TV networks. He was a commentator on a Voice of America weekly radio and TV show for eight years. Currently, 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, Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, EurasiaNet, Valdai Discussion Club, and National Review Online. In Europe, Cohen’s analyses have appeared in Kommersant, Izvestiya, Hurriyet, the popular Russian website Ezhenedelny Zhurnal, and many others.
Key predictions
In 1995, Cohen warned that the crime and corruption sweeping Eurasia was threatening to damage foreign investment and democratic institutions in the countries of the former Soviet Union. He cautioned that financial aid to the Russian government would end up in criminal hands. He further predicted the 1998 Russian financial crisis.
In July 2001, just two months before Al-Qaeda struck the United States, Cohen testified before Congress encouraging the U.S. government to “counter the efforts of radical Islamic groups in Central Asia, including the Taliban and the Osama bin Laden organization”.
In 2006, and again in 2008, Cohen warned about the possibility of war between Russia and Georgia.
In 2008, Cohen forewarned that oil prices in the $140–$150 range per barrel would cause a worldwide economic crisis.