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Category Archives: Russia & Eurasia

Ukraine’s tax hike will strangle the domestic oil and gas sector

Articles & Blogs, Energy Security, Geopolitics, Russia & Eurasia
Posted on: March 10, 2015

Natural Gas Europe
March 10, 2015
By Dr. Ariel Cohen

Ukraine is facing existential challenges, and energy security is one of them. The country is dependent on Russia supplying most of its natural gas as well as uranium fuel for its nuclear reactors. Under these very difficult circumstances, a government with a holistic view of its strategic security and energy goals would logically develop a policy aimed at encouraging increased domestic oil and gas production. Unfortunately, Kyiv is doing the opposite.

A GLIMPSE AT ENERGY POLITICS IN ‘THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH’

Articles & Blogs, Energy Security, Geopolitics, Russia & Eurasia
Posted on: November 28, 2014

The Wall Street Journal
November 28, 2014
By Dr. Ariel Cohen
Michael Apted’s 1999 film “The World Is Not Enough” portrays the iconic James Bond and his fight against an international conspiracy involving a Caspian oil pipeline, a mysterious oil heiress, and an anarchic nemesis bent on chaos. Themes that haunt the energy industry appear frequently: oil terrorism, catastrophic damage during energy transport, and environmental protests.

SPEAKERS: CREDIBILITY, SUCCESS ARE KEYS TO WINNING INFORMATION WAR WITH RUSSIA

Articles & Blogs, Geopolitics, In The News, Interviews, Russia & Eurasia
Posted on: November 21, 2014

Kyiv Post
November 21, 2014
By Oksana Lyachynska
“We believe that Ukraine can make it as a European, free, Western-minded country,” Cohen said. “So does Vladimir Putin. And he is scared of that because an alternative Slavic, Eastern Slavic, Orthodox, half-of-the-country Russian-speaking country next to Russia is something he cannot tolerate.”

How East-West Competition Turned Balkan Energy into a Geopolitical Football

Articles & Blogs, Energy Security, Geopolitics, In The News, Russia & Eurasia
Posted on: November 20, 2014

Journal of Energy Security
November 20, 2014
By Dr. Ariel Cohen
Europe’s dependency on Russian gas, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, has become a major strategic liability for the West. This is especially true as the war in Eastern Ukraine has brought relations between Moscow and Brussels as well as many of the European capitals to new lows.