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Virginia Thomson (far right) and student participants in discussion and Whom Do We Trust 2018 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia
CONFERENCE REPORT: Strengthening Citizen Diplomacy as the World Leans Towards Autocracy
The focus for this year’s meeting, and a springboard for the next, is “Citizen Diplomacy as the World Leans Towards Autocracy.” The meeting gathered 38 American, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese and European experts over five days, October 5-10, 2025. This document summarizes the major themes covered at the meeting. It raises more questions than it answers. But, drawing on these most recent discussions, we hope to bring
enough clarity to these issues that we can raise support...
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Mar 111 min read
2025 End of Year Letter: Can Diplomacy Work?
In the coming months Track Two will engage in finely tuned non-state diplomacy with Russians, Ukrainians, Palestinians, Israelis, Chinese, and those from these regions living in the diaspora. Your support for this work is essential!
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Dec 2, 20252 min read
Track Two's Network Effect
Track Two's work in non-state diplomacy is more crucial than ever. Between the power struggles and the related and devastating human...
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Nov 7, 20233 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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May 18, 20218 min read
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