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Guy Cohen

Guy Cohen is a Munich based advisor on defence & energy for the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute

An Israeli soldier at an artillery unit near the border between Israel and Gaza in May. Photo: REUTERS/ Ammar Awad

You, me and the next 'ceasefire': How the meaning of the term changed since the Second Intifada

Commentary: Israel is changing its discourse on a ceasefire to fit what it feels to be the demands of the time

Guy Cohen | 30/09/2021

An IDF tank on the Golan Heights. Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

Security and longevity guaranteed, even in your region: Israel, Syria and the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement

Commentary: The agreement never developed into a peace accord but it has helped prevent a spillover of the Syrian war into the Golan Heights, and it could be a basis for future talks

Guy Cohen | 24/02/2021

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Israel-Hamas ceasefire 'hasdara' arrangement: 'Sovereignizing' Gaza?

Commentary: Critics of the arrangement say that Hamas is using the long-term calm to strengthen itself, while adherents view the arrangement as a practical one that is preferable to another military operation or no arrangement at all

Guy Cohen | 16/11/2020

A dolphin class Israeli submarine received from Germany

Willkommen in the Middle East

Guy Cohen, Munich based advisor for the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute, on the German-Israeli defense cooperation and the implications for Israel and its defense industry

Guy Cohen | 15/04/2015

Clichés at the Gates: Obama’s and Netanyahu’s buzzwords

Op-ed: Guy Cohen on the rhetoric of Obama and Netanyahu and the use of the different spoken and written words regarding the "challenges" and "opportunities" of the western world

Guy Cohen | 8/03/2015

Israel and Gaza: Just One More Ceasefire, 7 Hours, That's All

Following the inability to transmute any ceasefire, Hudna or Tahadiya over the last decade into encompassing political progress, the tone is that ceasefires only exasperate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the medium-to long-term

Guy Cohen | 4/08/2014

"Black Drone Down": The Anti-Pathos Nature of Remote Warfare

Special for Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers: Guy Cohen in a column on the riskless warfare presented to the IDF by the use of drones, and the de-glorification of war it creates

Guy Cohen | 5/05/2014

Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Crimea Crisis: Cooperation as a Reputational Risk?

Between Iran, Syria, the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and now the Crimea, the question of Israel strategic defense ties to Moscow is thought-provokingly important. Does the Crimea crisis hold a looming reputational risk for Israeli defense industries?

Guy Cohen | 6/04/2014

Moshe Ya'alon and German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen (Photo: AP)

"Economic with War"

The logic behind Merkel's realpolitik is that the performance of the German economy determines German international influence. What does this all mean for Israel defense companies? An analysis of the German-Israeli defense cooperation

Guy Cohen | 21/03/2014