NEW YORK — The Council on International Law, Order, and Security (CILOS) announces the expansion of its operations to New York, establishing a presence at 260 Madison Avenue as the Council broadens its work with international institutions, diplomatic missions, and organizations engaged in international affairs.

The expansion reflects the growing scope of CILOS’s work and the role New York plays in the international system. Home to the United Nations headquarters, diplomatic missions representing governments from around the world, and a wide network of international institutions, New York is one of the principal centers of multilateral diplomacy and international affairs.

CILOS was founded in response to a period of transition in the international order and the growing pressures that transition places on the rules and institutions that govern international affairs. Working at the intersection of international law, international order, and international security, the Council seeks to contribute ideas and approaches that support responsible statecraft and international stability. A presence in New York brings that work closer to many of the institutions and diplomatic communities involved in addressing the consequences of this transition.

The expansion will support CILOS’s engagement with international institutions through which states address matters of peace and security, international law, development, and global cooperation. It will also provide a platform for sustained engagement with diplomatic missions representing different political systems, interests, and views of the international order.

That engagement is particularly important to CILOS’s work. The ongoing reordering of the international system has brought competing views of sovereignty, international law, security, and the role of international institutions into sharper focus. An institution concerned with an international order in transition must be able to engage seriously with those differences. New York offers CILOS an important setting for sustained dialogue among governments and institutions whose perspectives do not always align but whose participation is necessary to address shared international challenges.

The New York presence will also support the Council’s growing work in Track II diplomacy. CILOS convenes officials, former officials, scholars, and practitioners around international problems where formal diplomacy alone may not provide sufficient space for sustained dialogue. Proximity to the diplomatic community in New York will allow the Council to expand those engagements and build relationships across governments and international institutions.

New York will also strengthen CILOS’s work on international law. The city is home not only to the United Nations, but to diplomatic and institutional processes through which states debate legal obligations, develop international rules, and consider how those rules should apply as the international order evolves. For CILOS, this provides an important connection between the study of international law and the institutions in which it is debated and put into practice.

The Council’s presence in New York will complement, rather than duplicate, its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Washington places CILOS close to U.S. foreign policy, national security, and government institutions. New York provides access to the multilateral diplomatic system and representatives of governments from around the world. Working across both cities will allow CILOS to connect national policy debates with the wider international discussions in which those policies operate. Both serve as the institutional base for work the Council conducts internationally, with research, partnerships, and convenings across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Omer Niazi, Founder and President of CILOS, said, “Many of the challenges facing the international order cannot be understood from the perspective of any one government or institution. They require serious engagement with competing views of law, security, sovereignty, and international cooperation. New York gives CILOS an important presence alongside the diplomatic and international institutions where many of these differences are debated and where common approaches must ultimately be found. Our expansion there is a natural extension of the role we believe CILOS should play during this period of transition in the international order.”

The New York expansion also creates opportunities for CILOS to develop new institutional partnerships and convene discussions among diplomats, international officials, scholars, practitioners, and other leaders working on matters central to the Council’s mission.

CILOS has filed an Application for Authority to operate in the State of New York. Its New York presence is located at:

260 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor

New York, NY 10016