Ariel Cohen, Author at The Daily Signal

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

Ariel Cohen | November 04, 2009

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Munich in March she presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a gift intended to symbolize the… Read More

Biden Should Treat Poland with Respect

Ariel Cohen | October 21, 2009

In what appears to be an emerging ritual, Vice President Joe Biden is heading out to Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic ostensibly to talk… Read More

Pipeline Threats to Europe?

Ariel Cohen | October 13, 2009

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… Read More

Obama’s Rookie Blunder on Missile Defense Concessions

Ariel Cohen | September 18, 2009

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… Read More

Russian Pressure is Growing in Ukraine

Ariel Cohen | September 15, 2009

MOSCOW – Is the Obama Administration, busy pushing the “reset button” with Russia is about to suffer a geopolitical setback in Ukraine? When talking to… Read More

Unrequited Concessions In Chess Is Bad Policy

Ariel Cohen | September 14, 2009

MOSCOW – In meetings with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the leading Russian foreign policy experts one thing becomes blatantly clear:… Read More

Beware of NATO Recognizing Russia’s Sphere of Interests

Ariel Cohen | September 03, 2009

In the current issue of Foreign Affairs, former-President Carter National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski has a piece titled “An Agenda for NATO: Toward a Global… Read More

Russo-Saudi Arms Deal: The Harbinger of the Middle East Power Shift?

Ariel Cohen | September 01, 2009

The Obama Administration is ignoring news reports that Russia is planning to sign a contract with Saudi Arabia, in which the Kingdom will receive over… Read More

A Warning From Good Friends

Ariel Cohen | July 22, 2009

The Obama Administration managed to open a wide gap with some of America’s most reliable allies, those of Central Europe. In the recent Open Letter… Read More

Russia-Georgia: Doth the lady protest too much?

Ariel Cohen | April 17, 2009

Leading Russian officials are loudly protesting the forthcoming NATO staff exercise in Georgia. The exercises do not involve any armed troops and are essentially a… Read More

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