Ariel Cohen, L.L.B., Ph.D., is a recognized authority in international energy and security policy and geo-economics. Dr. Cohen serves as a Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security at the Sarah and Douglas Allison Center at the Heritage Foundation and heads Global Energy Competitiveness Project.

He directs Heritage's energy war games (simulation exercises) and works closely with Congressmen and Congressional staff members and cabinet-level and sub-cabinet domestic and foreign decision-makers.

Dr. Cohen conducted White House briefings and lectured at the Central Intelligence Agency, the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Training and Doctrine and Special Forces Commands of the US armed services, and regularly participates in CIA/Department of State conferences.

Dr. Cohen frequently testifies before committees of the U.S. Congress, including House Foreign Relations, House Armed Services, House Judiciary Committees and the Helsinki Commission. Dr. Cohen has directed high-level conferences on international security, including terrorism and energy, rule of law, crime and corruption, and a variety of other issues.

Dr. Cohen is involved in journalism since 1981, having published over 400 articles in professional and popular media. He appears on CNN, NBC, CBS, FOX, C-SPAN, BBC-TV, Al Jazeera, and all Russian and Ukrainian national TV networks. He was a commentator on a Voice of American weekly radio and TV show for eight years, and also contributed commentary to Radio Liberty in the 1990s.

He writes a weekly column called The Real World for Middle East Times, and has extensively written as a guest columnist for the Washington Times, the Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Dr. Cohen serves as a contributor to EurasiaNet.org and Tech Central Station, and has written extensively for National Review Online and UPI.

Dr. Cohen also consulted for a number of Fortune 500 companies. He served as a Policy Advisor with the National Institute for Public Policy's Center for Deterrence Analysis in a multi-country, multi-year study. Dr. Cohen has also consulted for US AID, The World Bank, the Pentagon, the U.S. Senate, Radio Liberty-Radio Free Europe.

Dr. Cohen is a member of the Editorial Board of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Stockholm) and of Caspian Crossroads, and is on the Board of Advisors of Institute for Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) and Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA). His book, Russian Imperialism: Development and Crisis, was published by Praeger Publishers/Greenwood in (1996 and 1998). His edited and co-authored book is Eurasia in Balance appeared in
2005 and published by Ashgate(UK).

His chapter on War of Ideas has been published in James Carafano, ed., Winning the Long War (The Heritage Foundation, 2005). His monographs, Kazakhstan-Russia Energy Relations: Oil, Gas and Beyond (2005), and
Kazakhstan: The Road to Independence. Energy Policy and the Birth of a Nation were/are published in 2006 by GMB Publishers (London) and SAIS Johns Hopkins (2008, forthcoming). He is also a Member of the Council of Foreign Relations, International Institute for Strategic Studies (London), Association for Study of Nationalities and American Council on Germany.

Education:

1988 L.L.B., Bar Ilan University School of Law

1993 Ph.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts/Harvard, Medford, MA.

1989 Master of Arts, Law and Diplomacy (MALD), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, including course work at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Fields: International Business Relations, Private International Law International Security Studies and Eastern European and Soviet Area Studies.

1986 Graduate, Law (LL.B.) Bar Ilan University School of Law (Israel).
Minor Concentrations: International Relations and Political Science.

1983 Advanced Course in Broadcasting and Production, Galei Zahal Radio, Israel

Professional Experience:

November 1992- Present Fellow, Senior Analyst, Senior Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Heritage Foundation

2003 - 2004 Senior Consultant, Emerging Markets Communication

October 2003 - Lead Consultant - Sectoral study of the Russian energy and infrastructure sectors, Bechtel/Intellibridge

February 2002 - 2004 Policy Advisor, National Institute for Public Policy
(NIPP)

2002 -- Present, Contributor, The Washington Times, National Review Online, TechCentralStation, EurasiaNet, Caucasus-Central Asia Analyst

May - October 2002, Chief Evaluator, Non-government sector development project, Eurasia Foundation

June-July 2000 - Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University

1995 - 1999 Senior Consultant, Government and Emerging Markets practice, Burson-Marsteller.

January 1998-June 1998 Project Leader The World Bank Baseline Study on Public Awareness, Mass Communication and Legal Education in the Republic of Georgia..

February 1997 - October 1998 Executive Editor, Foundations of Free Society, the first post-communist civics textbook for Russian colleges, the Krieble Institute and American University in Moscow.

June-July 1994 Consultant, Project Evaluator, Checchi & Co., Washington, D.C. Subject: Media Support for Market Reform.

1979-1992 Research, Field Work and Project Management, Radio Liberty Media & Opinion Research (MOR).

1991 Adjunct Faculty, International Marketing, International Business Law, International Relations and Political Science in the Los Angeles, CA, area.

1986-7 Attorney in private practice, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1985-6 Law Clerk, International Business and Civil Law, Law Offices of Dr. Zvi N. Tamir, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1984 Parliamentary Advisor, the Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel.

1981-1986 Editor and Columnist, Yoman Hashavua, Yediot Ahronot, Globes, Galei Zahal Radio, Alef and others (Israel), La Pensee Russe, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, Paris.

Languages: Functional Native Proficiency: Russian, Hebrew and English.
Working Proficiency: French, Ukrainian and Belorussian (R).

Work and Travel Abroad: Austria; Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; Canada; China, Czech Republic; Estonia; France; Georgia; Germany; Great Britain; Holland; Hungary; Israel; Italy; Latvia, Poland; Romania; South Africa; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine; USSR/Russia.

Publications: Over 400 publications in professional and popular media, including over 20 book chapters, on subjects related to international security, Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian politics and economics, business and law, and international energy issues. Publications list is available upon request.

Professional Membership: Council on Foreign Relations; International Institute for Strategic Studies (London); Association for Study of Nationalities; American Council on Germany; American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS);

Public Service:

1994-2008 Testimonies, U.S. Congress: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (three times); House Justice Committee, Crime Subcommittee; House Banking Committee; International Relations Committee (U.S. House of
Representatives) - eight times; U.S.-China Commission.
2000 - present, Editorial Board, Central Asia and the Caucasus (Sweden)
2003 - present Board of Advisers, Institute for Analysis of Global Security, Washington
2003 Board of Advisers, Project on Foreign Affinity Terrorism, Center for Terrorism Studies, The Potomac Institute for Public Policy
1999-2008 participation in working groups on the Baltic States, Russia, and Kurdistan at the Council of Foreign Relations
2007 - present, Senior Advisor, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)

Languages: Russian (native), Ukrainian, Belorussian - working proficiency.