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Virginia Thomson (far right) and student participants in discussion and Whom Do We Trust 2018 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia
Conflict Conflagration?
In recent weeks, experts have grown increasingly concerned that the deployment of North Korean troops to the Russia-Ukraine front line...
Mariah Nimmons
Nov 7, 20244 min read
A New Hue for the Red Line?
In recent weeks, at a National Security Council meeting, Putin announced several proposed changes to Russian nuclear deterrence doctrine...
Mariah Nimmons
Oct 9, 20245 min read
Blocs and BRICS
Last week, meetings between allies and partners reinvigorated media interest in the broader geopolitical climate. These gatherings...
Mariah Nimmons
Jul 18, 20244 min read
Hushed but Active: Russian Resistance Persists
To many who are fortunate to live where freedom of speech is almost taken for granted, there is a perception that Russian anti-war...
Mariah Nimmons
Jul 3, 20245 min read
A Moral Battle
On the heels of the Russian inauguration, ushering in Putin’s fifth term in office and marking a 25-year-long tenure of power and in the...
Mariah Nimmons
May 22, 20245 min read
Are Emerging Technologies Changing Warfare?
In the aura of the United Nations General Assembly meeting this week we explore a new facet of warring. Long after bronze supplanted...
Mariah Nimmons
Sep 19, 20234 min read
Environment Interrupted
Amidst discussion on the prospects for peace, experts mull the viability of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and tally the costs of war...
Mariah Nimmons
Aug 1, 20233 min read
Nuclear Temperatures Rise
Beneath the more conspicuous devastation wrought daily by this war, an even graver spectre lurks. From its outset, the risk of this...
Mariah Nimmons
Jun 20, 20235 min read
Wagner's Wars
A NOTE: Our Russia-Ukraine Resources are updated weekly - if you're accessing the page a week or more past the below date, pieces...
Mariah Nimmons
May 17, 20235 min read
After One Year of War, Enduring Themes Emerge
February 24, 2023 bears a somber milestone, marking one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Today we share with you the persistent themes...
Mariah Nimmons
Feb 23, 20234 min read
OCEANS 22: Day Four - You think the ocean’s over? Then you don’t know Vorontsova
The title of this post is a line from a silly song by Woody Keppel and other artsy types attending Track Two’s Oceans 22 conference...
tracktwo
Oct 22, 20223 min read
OCEANS 22: Day Three - At the Root and In the Current
Our good friend Joe Montville who coined the term "track-two diplomacy' always encouraged us to "follow the money." In the world of ocean...
tracktwo
Oct 20, 20222 min read
OCEANS 22: Day Two - Treaty Cheaters, Antarctic Krill and Whale Poop
Apologies for the cutesy title – I promise to explain these subjects, which arose on the morning of Tuesday Oct 18 as part of the Track...
Evelyn Messinger
Oct 18, 20222 min read
OCEANS 22 - Day One: One Planet - One Ocean
The Track Two Conference, Oceans 22, opened today at Esalen Institute in Big Sur to the barking of sea lions, the breaching of...
tracktwo
Oct 18, 20222 min read
CONFERENCE: Oceans 22
From October 16 to 21, 2022 Track Two will convene experts from across the globe at Esalen Institute in Big Sur to discuss how best to...
tracktwo
Oct 17, 20222 min read
Nuclear Threat Conference Report
In March and April 2021 Track Two held two conferences on the current state of the nuclear arms threat.
tracktwo
May 18, 20218 min read
The Third Bomb -- Suggested Reading
On March 16, 17, and 18, 2021, Track Two and Esalen Institute will hold The Third Bomb and How We Prevent It, a conference on the nuclear...
Jean-Claude Bouis
Feb 22, 20215 min read
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