MenuWatch Dr. Ariel Cohen’s appearance on Belsat TV discussing the ongoing American protests against the Israel-Gaza conflict and the United States halting ammunition to Israel as it conducts its operation in Rafah. В интервью с Belsat TV доктор Ариэль Коэн обсуждает протесты американских студентов в отношении Израиля и Газы, а также прекращение Соединенными Штатами поставок
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Russia’s war on Ukraine: Moscow’s pressure points and US strategic opportunities
Read Report | Watch Report Presentation Panel Whichever candidate takes the White House in November, the Russian war on Ukraine will be a major challenge. To handle it successfully, leaders in the West must realize that Moscow is fighting not just for Ukraine but to shift the balance of power in Europe and, through it,
US LNG: A Stress Test for US-Europe Relations
July 2024 | John M. Roberts | Download “In a world riven by major wars impacting directly on energy trade and supply, the ability of the United States of America to produce and export liquefied natural gas is crucial to global energy security in general and European energy security in particular.”
Leveraging Central Asia’s Rare Earth Elements for Economic Growth
December 2023 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, Ariel Cohen, and Wesley Alexander Hill | Download “While the report offers steps Central Asian nations to take advantage of this increasingly important global market, its call to action applies with equal force to nations outside the region, not least the United States, to recognize the importance of Central
Central Asia: A Source of Energy for the 21st Century
November 2022 | Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Wesley A. Hill, and Daniel Tomares | Download This report analyzes opportunities for Central Asia to expand its energy-exporting capacities, fortifying and assuaging a disrupted international system reeling from Russian aggression and its lack of reliability as an energy supplier. This report engages with four axes of analysis: 1)
30 Years of Bilateral Ties: The Special U.S.-Kazakhstan Relationship
September 2021 | Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., James Grant, and Douglas Townsend | Download The fifth report from ITIC’s Energy, Growth, and Security (EGS) program illustrates, analyzes, and projects the condition of U.S.-Kazakhstan relationships, including the trajectory set forth by First President Nursultan Nazarbayev upon Kazakhstan’s independence 30 years ago.
Foreign Investment in Central Asia: Actors and Drivers
Issues Paper: December 2020 | Dr. Ariel Cohen and James Grant | Download The last 30 years of transformational growth have delivered for the people of Central Asia progress and prosperity. This report examines the policies that have helped to fuel that growth. At the same time, Central Asia has numerous country-specific and region-wide challenges
Post COVID-19: Building Resilience in Central Asia
Issues Paper: June 2020 | Dr. Ariel Cohen and James Grant | Download This timely and edifying paper details COVID-19’s impact on Central Asia while outlining policy solutions for recovery. The main topic of this report is resilience – the ability of each nation to adapt to current crises and mitigate against future shocks.
Securing Capital Investment in Ukraine’s Grid: The Road to the Future
Issues Paper: June 2020 | Dr. Ariel Cohen and Vladislav Inozemtsev | Download In this paper, Drs. Ariel Cohen and Vladislav Inozemtsev present both the challenges of introducing a Regulatory Asset Base (RAB) tariff regulation in Ukraine’s electricity sector and the benefits it may bring to the industry, consumers, and the public finances of Ukraine.
Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020
Issues Paper: October 2019 | Dr. Ariel Cohen and James Grant | Download As readers will discover in Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020, the effectiveness of soft infrastructure development often must be measured indirectly through statistics such as the perception of corruption rather than directly. Ultimately, the best measure of how well soft