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Dr. Ariel Cohen on Bloomberg Radio: Iran Says “All Options Open” After U.S. Strikes Atomic Sites
Dr. Ariel Cohen on Bloomberg Radio: Israel Attacks Iran’s Nuclear Sites
How The War With Iran Endangers U.S. Allies And Global Energy Security
More than 20 years in the making, the Iranian nuclear technology program may have finally hit a brick wall. The Iranian government may not survive the successive blows Israel’s Operation Rising Lion is now delivering. Regardless of the outcome, the implications for global energy and security in the Middle East will undoubtedly be historic. Read
Russia and Iran’s Defense Pact is a Challenge Trump Must Confront
Russia and Iran signed a mutual defense and security cooperation pact on Jan. 17 — just days before President Trump’s inauguration. Both nations are primary opponents of the U.S., demonstrated by Russia’s war against Ukraine and Iran’s attempts to assassinate Trump, its regular proclamations of “Death to America, death to Israel!” and its backing of terrorist proxies Hamas,
Bloomberg Daybreak Asia | Death of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and Plans for Succession
Dr. Ariel Cohen is interviewed on Bloomberg Daybreak Asia discussing the implications of Ibrahim Raisi’s death for Iran and how it may affect the country’s path moving forward. Watch Here
Bloomberg Radio | Iran’s President Dies in Helicopter Crash
Dr. Ariel Cohen appears on Bloomberg Radio with Tom Keene and Paul Sweeney to discuss the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash and its potential impacts on the country. Watch Here
Joe Biden’s Iran Oil Sanctions Failure
As Iran is spending billions of dollars funding Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthi militias in Yemen, Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and Katai’b Hezbollah in Iraq, the recently released Energy Information Administration (EIA) report on Iranian petroleum exports stands out as a sobering reminder that the Obama-Biden on-and-off sanctions on Tehran have failed. In fact, as the sanctions against the Kremlin over its invasion of Ukraine suggest, sanctions alone are
Iran Threatens To Hold Global Energy Hostage
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Moscow’s support of Iran’s aggression against Israel at a meeting with the Islamic Republic’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on October 11th in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Russia is boosting Iran’s military-industrial complex by purchasing thousands of ballistic missiles and “suicide” drones for its war in Ukraine. Putin’s statement comes after Iran launched some
A Year After October 7, Iran is Still the Problem
I arrived in Israel with plans to spend the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, with my daughter and son-in-law. Instead, we spent two nights in a bomb shelter. The first missile salvo was launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon. Then came nearly 200 ballistic missiles launched by Iran and aimed at Israel’s major cities and towns. On Monday,