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It’s Saturday night of Labor Day weekend. If you’re anything like me, rather than having some barbecue and a beer, or watching baseball, or watching tennis, or watching football (etc), or reading a book, you’re probably wondering: “How could I learn a little bit more about the JCPOA with Iran, aka ‘the deal’?”You’ve come to the right place.
The Atlantic
September 5, 2015
By James Fallows
The ban includes meat, fish, dairy products, fruit, and vegetables. While some analysts have suggested that the economic consequences could be dire, others have scoffed that it's purely political.Russia has added Albania, Montenegro, Liechtenstein and Iceland to a list of countries from which it has banned most food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
The Christian Science Monitor
August 13, 2015
By Cristina Maza, Staff writer
On July 29, Russia vetoed a draft UN resolution seeking to set up a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines jumbo jet more than a year ago.By exercising its Security Council veto against the resolution, Moscow has lost control of the process, committing a possible error that may ultimately lead to convictions of rebel leaders and Russian officials.
By Ariel Cohen
Newsweek and the Atlantic Council
August 5, 2015
ARIEL COHEN: Russia could be a food superpower, given its vast soil and water resources. It still may become one, but the question is whether the food will be Western or Chinese.
The Wall Street Journal - The Experts
Jul 15, 2015
By Dr. Ariel Cohen
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Vice Speaker of the Duma and leader of the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, has announced that in 2016, Russian flags will fly over Kyiv, Riga, Tallinn, and Vilnius. Zhirinovsky is known to fly trial balloons on the Kremlin’s behalf. One cannot tell whether this is information warfare, a mere bluff to unsettle NATO, or a real signal. Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Atlantic Council
July 15, 2015
By Dr. Ariel Cohen
The efforts of China to ensure its economic development and preeminence include the creation of the “New Silk Road” - the enormous system of infrastructure mega-projects to stretch from the Pacific to the Atlantic. If completed, it will be the largest infrastructure undertaking ever built. Natural gas features prominently in the plan.
By Ariel Cohen
Natural Gas Europe
June 29th, 2015
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves cautioned at the Bratislava Global Security Forum on June 20, 2015, that the West should not stress the differences between old and new Europe, but find ways to unite Central and Eastern Europe with Western Europe."We lived next to Russia for 500 years—listen to what we have to say," Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said at the Bratislava Global Security Forum on June 20. He's right.
By Arial Cohen
The Atlantic Council
June 25, 2015
As Europe seeks to diversify its sources of natural gas as an alternative to the politically sensitive Russian supply, a massive off-shore gas source in the Mediterranean is ready for exploration and drilling. There are game-changing stakes at play.Unfortunately, the Turkish leadership has threatened to use force to stop this from happening.
By Ariel Cohen
Security Europe
June 2015
Ariel Cohen: Iran going nuclear would lead to Saudis following suit.By decreasing its footprint in the Middle East at a time of growing threats, the US is putting off what inevitably will turn out to be much costlier interventions down the road, a prominent US-based expert tells The Jerusalem Post.
By Ariel Ben Solomon
The Jerusalem PostJune 11, 2015
Recent events in Ukraine and Russia’s anti-Western rhetoric and military posture force European energy consumers to look for alternatives for Russian hydrocarbons. One of the possible suppliers of both oil and gas could be Kazakhstan, which boast the largest hydrocarbon resources in the oil-rich Caspian basin.Kazakhstan is among the top 15 countries in the world when it comes to essential oil reserves...
By Dr. Ariel Cohen
Natural Gas Europe
June 08, 2015
Vladimir Kara-Murza has regained consciousness in a Moscow hospital after falling gravely ill on May 26, and the Russian opposition leader's father now says his son was poisoned."After the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, the collapse and severe, life-threatening medical condition of Kara-Murza raised suspicions among his friends that he may have been deliberately poisoned,"
By Melinda Haring
The Atlantic Council
June 4, 2015
When oil ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meet in Vienna on June 5, they’ll face a strategic dilemma. Political instability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is discouraging capital investment in local oil and gas projects, and shifting interest to North American shale.
The Atlantic Council
June 3, 2015
Although many in the U.S. and around the world are trying to do in coal, it remains an important energy source in the 21st century. The 2016 presidential election will be about the future of U.S. coal.It is especially important because the coal industry employs more than 83,000 people while providing the cheapest electricity per kilowatt.
By Ariel Cohen
Wall Street Journal
May 8, 2015
Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that Greece would get “hundreds of millions of Euros every year” for bringing Russian gas into the EU. Gazprom’s goal is to establish a new entry point to Europe bypassing the traditional route through Ukraine.
By Dr. Ariel Cohen
Natural Gas Europe
May 4, 2015
Ukraine will remain at the heart of the conflict between the US and Russia beyond the 2016 presidential election. In the polls, Americans are united on Ukraine; the majority of respondents support increased sanctions on the Kremlin. All of the major presidential candidates, save Senator Rand Paul, take a tough approach with Moscow and support arming Ukraine.
Atlantic Council
By Ariel Cohen
April 20, 2015
Vladimir Putin's 10-day disappearance shortly after the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and his triumphal reappearance after the broadcast of a 150-minute documentary on state television, suggest a more erratic - and aggressive - policy course in Russia. Here's why.
By Ariel Cohen
Kyiv Post
April 10, 2015
Vladimir Putin’s 10-day disappearance shortly after the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and his triumphal reappearance after the broadcast of a 150-minute documentary on state television, suggest a more erratic—and aggressive—policy course in Russia. Here’s why.After Putin’s disappearance on March 5, the Russian media and the blogosphere dealt with little else.
By Ariel Cohen
Atlantic Council
April 7, 2015
Vladimir Putin's 10-day disappearance shortly after the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and his triumphal reappearance after the broadcast of a 150-minute documentary on state television, suggest a more erratic - and aggressive - policy course in Russia. Here's why.
By Ariel Cohen
Kyiv Post
April 10, 2015
Ukraine is facing a huge energy-security challenge. It is dependent on Russia supplying most of its natural gas as well as uranium fuel for its nuclear reactors.Under these circumstances, a responsible government would develop a policy aimed at encouraging domestic hydrocarbon exploration and production. Instead, the government of Ukraine is doing the opposite.
By Ariel Cohen
The Wall Street Journal
Apr 1, 2015
The future of Ukraine was discussed at the Ukrainian Energy Forum in Kiev. Despite the fact that the Ukrainian energy market is seasawed due to civil war in the east of the country, experts still put high hopes on reforming of the sector. Natural Gas Europe had the pleasure to talk about the current situation in the second largest European country with Ariel Cohen.
By Marina Zvonareva
Natural Gas Europe
March 16, 2015
Ukraine is facing existential challenges, and energy security is one of them. The country is dependent on Russia supplying most of its natural gas as well as uranium fuel for its nuclear reactors. Under these very difficult circumstances, a government with a holistic view of its strategic security and energy goals would logically develop a policy aimed at encouraging increased domestic oil and gas production.
By Ariel Cohen
Natural Gas Europe
March 10, 2015
The murder of my good friend Boris Nemtsov is a personal tragedy. When we met for lunch in Tel Aviv a few months ago, I warned him not to return to Moscow. Posters and ads denouncing him as a "national traitor" had been plastered all over the city's Novy Arbat Avenue and on the Internet.
By Ariel Cohen
Washington Times
March 4, 2015
Moscow on the “Challenges and Prospects of Oil and Gas Industry in Russia and Worldwide.”The global energy landscape is evolving at a rapid pace, reshaping long-held expectations for our energy future. The presentation will offer a global energy outlook with the emphasis on Russian oil and gas production. Dr. Cohen will provide insight into recent events in the oil and gas industries around the world.
Ariel Cohen / Global Oil & Gas
This week Argentina appealed to the UN General Assembly to push through the Multilateral Legal Framework for Sovereign Debt Restructuring, which is being touted as a means to allow poor countries to avoid creditors and establish an international mechanism for paying off their default loans.Unfortunately, Hector Timerman, Argentina’s foreign minister is simply using and abusing the G-77.
By Ariel Cohen
The Hill
February 04, 2015
