Ariel Cohen, Author at The Daily Signal

Why Is Medvedev, not Putin, in China?

Ariel Cohen | September 30, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in China on Sunday to expand energy cooperation between the two countries. The new deal includes building a 13-million-ton-per-year oil… Read More

Russia’s Iran Dilemma

Ariel Cohen | September 27, 2010

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently stated that there is no proof that Iran is building nuclear weapons. The Russian Federation has held this position… Read More

Is Obama’s “Reset” Boosting Destabilizing Russian Arms Sales?

Ariel Cohen | September 21, 2010

In Washington last Friday, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov announced that Russia will supply P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria, confirming the rumors about the… Read More

Guess Who’s Running in 2012: Mr. Putin!

Ariel Cohen | September 20, 2010

The appearance of a government-sponsored Putin 2012 cyrillic websites pretty much clinches the major question in Russian politics: Will Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, “National Leader”… Read More

Putin Blames the West

Ariel Cohen | September 01, 2010

In the latest anti-Western rant, the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has blamed the United States and the West for once again thwarting bilateral relations… Read More

Fueling Bushehr: Did Russia Light Iran’s Nuclear Fuse?

Ariel Cohen | August 17, 2010

According to The Wall Street Journal’s announcement, Moscow will start to load fuel into Tehran’s first nuclear power plant at Bushehr on Saturday, August 21…. Read More

Russian Deployment of S-300 Missiles Threatens U.S. Interests in the Caucasus

Ariel Cohen | August 13, 2010

On Wednesday, Gen. Alexander Zelin, the commander of the Russian Air Force, announced that Moscow had deployed a state-of-the-art S-300 (SA-20 Favorit) long- range air… Read More

Islamist Terrorists Target Oil Tanker Traffic Again

Ariel Cohen | August 09, 2010

Last Friday, the United Arab Emirates acknowledged that damage sustained by a Japanese supertanker on July 28, 2010, in the Persian Gulf, was the result… Read More

Security

Senate Should Not Rush to Ratify START

Ariel Cohen | July 22, 2010

The New START treaty imposes significant limitations on U.S. ballistic missile defenses, and new limitations continue to be revealed as the treaty is scrutinized. The… Read More

Energy

Russia-Iran Energy Road Map: Is Moscow Trying to Sit on Two Chairs?

Ariel Cohen | July 16, 2010

Russian and Iranian energy ministers Sergei I. Shmatko and Massoud Mir-Kazemi, signed a “roadmap” to future economic cooperation in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries,… Read More

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