Publications List

Financing Strategic Infrastructure: The Resilience Imperative
The infrastructure the global economy depends on is only as reliable as the capital behind it

One Rule, Two Standards
Kosovo, Crimea, and the Binding Force of International Law

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

Tehran Increases Local Security and Strengthens Ties to Venezuela Amid Economic Crisis
Currency collapse pushed Tehran toward Caracas abroad

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

Iran Accelerates Nuclear Program Development
Underground infrastructure and advanced centrifuges as leverage ahead of a change of administration in Washington

Prisoner Releases Will Empower Extremist Insurgencies
How prisoner releases in Afghanistan and Mali strengthened insurgent groups as Western counterterrorism capacity contracted

Israel-Hamas Conflict: Lessons from Afghanistan
What twenty years of missed openings in Afghanistan suggest about the war in Gaza

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

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

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

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

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

Fault Lines in Bangladesh's Political Journey Towards Democracy
Why mass movements keep producing new elites rather than durable democratic institutions

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

Trump’s Board of Peace: An Alternative to Postwar Order?
A model of governance built on executive authority rather than collective authorization