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PANEL

Trump's Foreign Policy and the Russia-Ukraine War

Whether the incoming administration could end the war, and how any settlement would fit its contest with China

Omer Niazi

OPINION

One Rule, Two Standards

Kosovo, Crimea, and the Binding Force of International Law

Aleksandar Jakovljević

IN THE NEWS | EXPERTS TAKE | APPEARANCES

AL JAZEERA · INSIDE STORY

Will NATO get involved in securing the Strait of Hormuz?

Washington asked its European allies to help secure the strait and was refused

CBS News

Ukraine and U.S. backed peace proposal favoring Russia

On negotiations between Ukraine and Russia and Washington-backed peace proposal

CNBS

Saudi Arabia PIF and Sovereign Capital in Gulf

On Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and its vision 2030

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH

Hormuz crisis is commercial, not military problem

Letting Iran charge transit fees would set a precedent for other strategic waterways.

MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE

United States Strategy in the South Caucasus and Peace Negotiations

Armenia-Azerbaijan peace negotiations & Russia's role

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH

US Treasury measures to isolate Iran's economy

Why Tehran's defiance may be aimed at a domestic audience facing 85 percent inflation

AL JAZEERA · INSIDE STORY

What are the challenges facing the Mecca agreement?

On the trilateral pact between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan

ANALYSIS SERIES

Financing Global Resilience: Infrastructure and Capital in a Multipolar Order

A four-part Analysis Series. Read any one on its own, or follow the argument through to the end.

ANTON OSIN · SENIOR FELLOW

Financing Strategic Infrastructure: The Resilience Imperative

The infrastructure the global economy depends on is only as reliable as the capital behind it

COMING IN THIS SERIES

02

Who Pays for Strategic Redundancy?

The respective roles of sovereign, state-backed, multilateral and private capital, risk allocation, guarantees, and mobilizing private investment

FORTH COMING

03

Financing Strategic Corridors: Connectivity, Statecraft, or Dependency?

Case studies on how financing, ownership and governance shape resilience, connectivity and strategic dependency

FORTH COMING

04

A Framework for Financing Resilience

A working framework for governments and investors, and a test for when financing strengthens shared access rather than rival networks

FORTH COMING

OPINION

Trump’s Board of Peace: An Alternative to Postwar Order?

A model of governance built on executive authority rather than collective authorization

Khaled Emam

RESEARCH PAPER

Reimagining the Global Order

Why the postwar system needs transformation rather than another round of incremental reform

Khaled Emam

RESEARCH PAPER

Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Talks and the United States South Caucasus Strategy

How a moment of bleak political realities produce a diplomatic opening, and what it would take to seize it

Omer Niazi

RRESS RELEASES

ALL PRESS RELEASES →

May 6, 2026

CILOS Research Initiative Informs Peterson Institute Policy Brief on Ukraine's Postwar Recovery

April 22, 2026

CILOS Announces Partnership with the Arab Conference at Harvard

March 17, 2026

CILOS Announces Partnership with the Federation of Employers of Ukraine

OPINION

Fault Lines in Bangladesh's Political Journey Towards Democracy

Why mass movements keep producing new elites rather than durable democratic institutions

Nasif Khan

OPINION

EU Enlargement as Security Policy: The Case of North Macedonia

Why an accession stalled over identity and history has become a test of Western credibility

Landen Satterfield

PUBLICATIONS

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ANALYSIS SERIES

Financing Strategic Infrastructure: The Resilience Imperative

The infrastructure the global economy depends on is only as reliable as the capital behind it

Anton Osin

OPINION

Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Talks: The Status Quo and an Emerging Diplomatic Breakthrough

Three deadlocks stand between a framework agreement and a settlement: a constitution, a border, and a corridor

Omer Niazi

COMMENTARY

Iranian Leaders Seek to Capitalize on the Expiration of the Arms Embargo

Weapons sales as revenue, and a conflict on the northern border Tehran could not afford to take sides in

Omer Niazi

OPINION

Offshore Tax Evasion is a Matter of Democracy

When assets move offshore, domestic law reaches its limit — and so does the promise that it binds everyone

Omer Niazi

OPINION

Israel-Hamas Conflict: Lessons from Afghanistan

What twenty years of missed openings in Afghanistan suggest about the war in Gaza

Omer Niazi

COMMENTARY

Iran Accelerates Nuclear Program Development

Underground infrastructure and advanced centrifuges as leverage ahead of a change of administration in Washington

Omer Niazi

OPINION

The Crypto Industry is ‘Tether’-ed to Illicit Finance. Here's How to Break the Chain

If Congress advances new rules on cryptocurrency, it must advance tighter anti-money laundering requirements alongside them

Omer Niazi

COMMENTARY

Prisoner Releases Will Empower Extremist Insurgencies

How prisoner releases in Afghanistan and Mali strengthened insurgent groups as Western counterterrorism capacity contracted

Omer Niazi

COMMENTARY

Tehran Increases Local Security and Strengthens Ties to Venezuela Amid Economic Crisis

Currency collapse pushed Tehran toward Caracas abroad

Omer Niazi

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