By Ariel Cohen for Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College (SSI) March 31, 2014 Insurgent activity in the Northern Caucasus region continues. For Ariel Cohen, preventing the area from slipping back into even greater instability will require Moscow to tackle corruption, cronyism, discrimination, and unemployment – all of which it is unwilling
Monthly Archives: March 2014
УКРАИНА: КАК ПЕРЕСТАТЬ ИСКАТЬ ВРАГОВ
Forbes.ru
March 6, 2014
By Dr. Ariel Cohen
За двадцать с лишним лет работы в Вашингтоне я не помню такого напряжения в отношениях с Москвой. Ни во времена югославских войн и примаковского «разворота над Атлантикой», ни даже во времена войны в Грузии. Стоит задуматься, что можно сделать сейчас, чтобы потом не было хуже.
GETTING RUSSIA OFF THE UKRAINIAN TREE IN THE CRIMEA
National Review
March 5, 2014
By Dr. Ariel Cohen
Last week, Russia declared war on Ukraine. On March 1, the Russian Parliament’s Upper House, the Council of the Federation, voted to authorize the use of force against its neighbor.
Dr. Cohen on Anderson Cooper 360 discussing “Hillary Clinton compares Putin to Hitler (Video)
CNN
March 5th, 2014
During a private fundraiser, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton compared Putin’s claims of protecting minorities as justification for invading Ukraine to similar actions by Hitler in the 1930s. Anderson discussed these remarks and Putin’s strategies with author Masha Gessen and Ariel Cohen, who is a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation who interviewed Putin several times.
The Heritage Foundation’s Dr. Ariel Cohen on the Crisis in Ukraine
Published on Mar 5, 2014 A political escalation to the crisis in Ukraine. Russian president Vladimir Putin is speaking out publicly for the first time. Putin says there’s no need for any further intervention in the Ukraine…for now. This, as Russian leadership hints it would fire back if western allies hit Russia with sanctions.
G-8 SUSPENSION TOPS LIMITED TOOLKIT TO SWAY RUSSIA
Businessweek
March 02, 2014
By Margaret Talev
The U.S. and other Group of Eight nations suspended preparations for a June summit in Russia because of the military action in Ukraine