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Whether the incoming administration could end the war, and how any settlement would fit its contest with China
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A model of governance built on executive authority rather than collective authorization
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
Hormuz crisis is commercial, not military problem
Letting Iran charge transit fees would set a precedent for other strategic waterways.
Will NATO get involved in securing the Strait of Hormuz?
Washington asked its European allies to help secure the strait and was refused
MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
United States Strategy in the South Caucasus and Peace Negotiations
Armenia-Azerbaijan peace negotiations & Russia's war with Ukraine
Omer Niazi
How a moment of bleak political realities produce a diplomatic opening, and what it would take to seize it
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
Why the postwar system needs transformation rather than another round of incremental reform
OPINION
Fault Lines in Bangladesh's Political Journey Towards Democracy
Why mass movements keep producing new elites rather than durable democratic institutions
Nasif Khan
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
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
Israel-Hamas Conflict: Lessons from Afghanistan
What twenty years of missed openings in Afghanistan suggest about the war in Gaza
COMMENTARY
Iran Accelerates Nuclear Program Development
Underground infrastructure and advanced centrifuges as leverage ahead of a change of administration in Washington
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
Prisoner Releases Will Empower Extremist Insurgencies
How prisoner releases in Afghanistan and Mali strengthened insurgent groups as Western counterterrorism capacity contracted
Tehran Increases Local Security and Strengthens Ties to Venezuela Amid Economic Crisis
Currency collapse pushed Tehran toward Caracas abroad
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
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