Ariel Cohen is an internationally recognised expert in emerging markets, specialising in natural resources political risk, energy policy and geo-economics, with particular regional expertise in Russia and Eurasia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Cohen is the Principal of International Market Analysis. He serves as a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and Global Energy Center and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a Senior Fellow at the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC), where he leads the Energy, Growth and Security Programme.
For over 20 years, Cohen served as a Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy at the Sarah and Douglas Allison Center at the Heritage Foundation. During this time, he directed the Foundation’s energy war games and worked closely with Members of Congress, congressional staff, and senior domestic and foreign policy decision-makers.
Cohen advises Fortune 500 companies and international law firms on political and market risk, including risk assessment and management, market entry strategy, strategic partnerships, and oil and gas technology evaluation. His work spans multiple sectors, including petroleum, telecommunications, transport and media, with particular expertise in midstream oil and gas technologies, including gas-to-liquids (GTL) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). He has also served as a Senior Consultant to Burson-Marsteller’s Emerging Markets practice and to Emerging Markets Communications.
A prolific author, Cohen has written six books, monographs, and more than 30 book chapters. He is a frequent commentator on major international broadcasters, including CNN, NBC, CBS, Fox News, C-SPAN, BBC and Al Jazeera English, as well as Russian and Ukrainian national television networks. He is a Contributing Editor to The National Interest, a Forbes energy columnist, and has contributed to The Wall Street Journal and Voice of America. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society.
Cohen holds an MA and PhD from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
