Senior Fellows
Aleksandar Jakovljević is a Senior Fellow at the Council on International Law, Order, and Security (CILOS).​
Mr. Jakovljević previously served as Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia. He is a public policy and foreign affairs strategist whose work focuses on governance, migration, international development, and diplomacy.​
Previously, Mr. Jakovljević was a founding member of Serbia’s first national circular migration and returnee reintegration program in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), developing reforms related to diaspora engagement, labor mobility, and economic migration. Earlier, he worked on governance and economic development projects in cooperation with the World Bank, USAID, UNDP, and the Council of Europe.​
Mr. Jakovljević is currently a Millennium Leadership Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a Foreign Affairs Analyst for Bloomberg Adria, where he writes on geopolitics and international affairs. He was previously a Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant at Harvard University, where he conducted research on migration, governance, and public policy.​
Mr. Jakovljević received a Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a John F. Kennedy Fellow. He also holds a Master of Law and Business from Bucerius Law School and dual bachelor's degrees in Economics/Finance and Business Management from St. Francis College.
Anton Osin is a Senior Fellow at the Council on International Law, Order, and Security. His work focuses on economic statecraft, industrial policy and localization, and the ways in which key geopolitical actors reshape global investment, trade, and economic flows.
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Anton brings extensive international experience across national economic development, financial services, management consulting, and investment. He has advised senior public – and private-sector leaders on financial-sector strategy, institutional transformation, cross-border investment, and the development of new industries and economic ecosystems. His work has spanned the Middle East, Europe, Russia, the United States, and Asia.
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The central focus of his work is translating national development priorities into commercially viable investment opportunities by strengthening industrial capabilities, localizing critical supply chains, attracting international capital and manufacturers, and connecting institutions across regions. He is particularly interested in how major geopolitical actors, and middle powers can help bridge Western and Asian capital networks amid growing economic and political fragmentation, and in the practical policy and investment solutions that could support this.
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At CILOS, Anton’s research interests include the relationship between geopolitical change and international capital flows; economic statecraft and national development strategies; industrial localization and supply-chain resilience; sovereign and institutional investment; and the application of artificial intelligence to institutional decision-making and economic policy.
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Anton holds a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School, where his studies focused on political economy, international affairs, economic development, and public leadership. He also completed graduate coursework at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. His work at CILOS is conducted in an independent academic capacity and neither represents the views of nor draws on non-public information from his professional affiliations.
​Khaled Emam is a Senior Fellow in International Relations and Peacebuilding at the Council on International Law, Order, and Security (CILOS). He is also a former Visiting Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, and has served as a Teaching Fellow and Course Coach on leadership, democracy, and international politics.
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A human rights lawyer, peacebuilding practitioner, and international affairs expert, Khaled is the Founder and CEO of the Arab Leadership Institute (ALI), where he works at the intersection of leadership development, peacebuilding, democratic governance, negotiation, and institutional transformation. His work focuses on helping leaders and institutions navigate fragile political transitions, violent conflict, institutional breakdown, and complex governance challenges across the Middle East and North Africa and beyond.
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Over the past decade, Khaled has advised and collaborated with United Nations entities, governments, international organizations, universities, and civil society institutions on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, democratic governance, atrocity prevention, and the Youth, Peace and Security agenda. As the former Co-Chair of the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (UN IANYD), he helped advance more meaningful youth participation across the UN system and global policymaking processes.​ Khaled is an educator, trainer, and frequent speaker on international politics, adaptive leadership, conflict resolution, negotiation, and governance. Drawing on both academic research and extensive field experience, he designs and facilitates executive education and leadership programs for senior policymakers, public officials, civil society leaders, and emerging changemakers. His teaching and research are shaped by a commitment to bridging scholarship and practice—bringing insights from Harvard into some of the world's most challenging governance and peacebuilding contexts, while bringing lessons from those contexts back into the classroom and policy debate.
He holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, where he was an Edward S. Mason Fellow, in addition to a Master of Laws in International Law from Cairo University.
Research Fellows
Amazing Acquaye is a Research Fellow at the Council on International Law, Order, and Security (CILOS).
She is a recent graduate of the Master of International Affairs and African Studies at The Pennsylvania State University.
Her research interests include international law and politics, diplomacy, human rights, conflict and security studies, and international institutions. Her work explores how legal and diplomatic frameworks shape international cooperation, peacebuilding, and global governance.
She has contributed to research and teaching initiatives at Pennsylvania State University, serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Research Intern in the Department of African Studies. She has also served as a researcher and memorial judge for the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from The Pennsylvania State University as well as a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
Nasif Khan is a Research Fellow at the Council on International Law, Order, and Security (CILOS).
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Nasif Khan is a global development professional with over a decade of experience in strategic partnerships, program management, and humanitarian response. Most recently, he served as the Head of Strategic Partnerships and Chief of Staff at BRAC, the largest NGO in the world, where he successfully led initiatives impacting millions of lives across the Global South, including frontline work during the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in 2017.
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He holds an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), where he was an Edward S. Mason Fellow, with distinction in the area of Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences.
Sheewon Min is a Research Fellow at the Council on International Law, Order, and Security (CILOS).
Sheewon is a doctoral candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford. Her research explores how states navigate strategic rivalry between great powers (particularly in the context of U.S.-China competition) with a focus on countries’ membership in international institutions and multilateral frameworks.
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She has contributed to research at think tanks in Washington, D.C., and Seoul, including the East Asia Institute (EAI), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and the Korea Economic Institute (KEI).
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She holds a master’s degree from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree from Yonsei University.