MenuTrend May 21, 2016 By Elmira Tariverdiyeva The Israeli Defense Minister nominee Avigdor Lieberman is no stranger to Azerbaijan, Ariel Cohen, PhD, a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and director of the Center for Energy, Natural Resources and Geopolitics at the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, told Trend May 21. “A
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Corporate Raiding, Russian Style
The Huffington Post May 16, 2016 By Ariel Cohen At the London anti-corruption summit last Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry said that corruption destroys nation states. He is right – look at Russia. Institutionalized corruption, the systemic merger of organized crime with law enforcement, and the practice of aggressive asset grabbing known as “reiderstvo“
“This summer and fall of 2016 may look like the perfect timing for territorial adventurism in the Caucasus”
Accent May 16, 2016 By Mariam Chubinidze The Georgian news agency Accent’s exclusive interview with Ariel Cohen, Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center & Global Energy Center. -On May 11, the Georgian army began two weeks of military exercises with the United States and Britain, drawing an angry response from
Ariel Cohen: Armenia must withdraw from occupied Azerbaijani territories
News.Az May 12, 2016 “Recognition of the “independence” of Nagorno-Karabakh by Armenia will not be a step towards peace and a move in a wrong direction.” It is time for a change to find a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and Armenia must withdraw from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan within the peace process and