Ariel Cohen, Author at The Daily Signal

Georgian Elections: The Nation’s Ultimate Test

Ariel Cohen | October 02, 2012

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Georgia’s governing United National Movement (UNM), led by President Mikheil Saakashvili, and the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, led by the billionaire Bidzina… Read More

Security

News Flash for the Pentagon: U.S.–Russian “Reset” Failed

Ariel Cohen | September 20, 2012

On Wednesday, Under Secretary of Defense Jim Miller argued that the Obama Administration’s “reset” policy with Russia had succeeded. According to Miller, rapproachment with Russia… Read More

Russia to Create “Son of Satan” Missile

Ariel Cohen | September 13, 2012

Last week, General Sergei Karakayev, Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces, announced plans for a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to go into production… Read More

Crane Number One: Putin’s Bizarre Flight

Ariel Cohen | September 07, 2012

Vladimir Putin donned a white cloak, helmet and a crane’s beak and climbed into an ultra-light plane to lead a flock of endangered red cranes… Read More

Security

North Caucasus Suicide Bombing Highlights Russia’s Islamist Terrorism Problem

Ariel Cohen | August 21, 2012

The suicide bombing on August 19 in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia in Russia is a tragic reminder of increasing extremist violence in this… Read More

Russia and the World Trade Organization: Congress Should Not Sacrifice Human Rights

Ariel Cohen | July 27, 2012

Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012, by voice vote with only one… Read More

Duma to Crack Down Against Foreign-Funded NGOs

Ariel Cohen | July 02, 2012

Last Friday, Russia’s Kommersant, a leading newspaper, reported that United Russia, the ruling political party, is about to submit a bill in the Duma that… Read More

Magnitsky Act: Congress Should Uphold America’s Commitment to Human Rights

Ariel Cohen | June 29, 2012

On Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relation Committee unanimously passed the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, which would ban Russian officials involved in Magnitsky’s… Read More

Congressional Hearing Highlights the Need to Pass Magnitsky, PNTR to Russia

Ariel Cohen | June 22, 2012

Yesterday and today, the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee held hearings on Russia’s abysmal human rights record and its looming accession… Read More

Dialogue of the Deaf: Obama and Putin at the G-20 Meeting

Ariel Cohen | June 18, 2012

Today, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting at the G-20 summit in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This meeting is likely will… Read More

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