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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

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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

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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

David Des Roches

CBS News

Ukraine and U.S. backed peace proposal favoring Russia

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

Iulia Joja

CNBS

Saudi Arabia PIF and Sovereign Capital in Gulf

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

Adel Hamaizia

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH

Hormuz crisis is commercial, not military problem

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

David Des Roches

MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE

United States Strategy in the South Caucasus and Peace Negotiations

Armenia-Azerbaijan peace negotiations & Russia's role

Omer Niazi

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

David Des Roches

AL JAZEERA · INSIDE STORY

What are the challenges facing the Mecca agreement?

On the trilateral pact between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan

David Des Roches

RESEARCH PAPER

Reimagining the Global Order

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

Khaled Emam

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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

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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

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OPINION

Fault Lines in Bangladesh's Political Journey Towards Democracy

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

Nasif Khan

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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

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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

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COMMENTARY

Prisoner Releases Will Empower Extremist Insurgencies

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

Omer Niazi

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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

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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

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OPINION

Israel-Hamas Conflict: Lessons from Afghanistan

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

Omer Niazi

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COMMENTARY

Iran Accelerates Nuclear Program Development

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

Omer Niazi

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PANEL

Trump's Foreign Policy and the Russia-Ukraine War

Omer Niazi

OPINION

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

Khaled Emam

IN THE NEWS | EXPERTS TAKE | APPEARANCES

RESEARCH PAPER

Reimagining the Global Order

Khaled Emam

RESEARCH PAPER

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

Omer Niazi

OPINION

Offshore Tax Evasion is a Matter of Democracy

Omer Niazi

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