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Virginia Thomson (far right) and student participants in discussion and Whom Do We Trust 2018 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia


Anticipation, Empathy, Resolve
In our final update of this project, we return to the people and societies at the heart of this conflict in Russia and Ukraine...

Mariah Nimmons
Dec 18, 20246 min read


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


Where West Meets War
During an unprecedented year of global elections, the changing season draws us ever nearer to the consequential US presidential election...

Mariah Nimmons
Sep 25, 20245 min read


Humanity Heads to the Polls
In 2024 more than 40 national elections will take place around the world, marking a rare alignment in the annals of global democracy...

Mariah Nimmons
Jan 10, 20244 min read


Stories We're Told, Stories We Tell
How do narratives shape our perception of this war? And in turn, how do these perceptions inform our actions and engagement, to real...

Mariah Nimmons
Nov 15, 20234 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


History, Overlap and Divorce
Below war’s surface, culture, history, and memory churn. The degree to which they are shared, to what extent they overlap, and their...

Mariah Nimmons
Aug 8, 20233 min read


Reality & Film Collide
Art and war converge with this weekend’s theatrical release of ‘Oppenheimer’ amid new reports from the IAEA (International Atomic Energy...

Mariah Nimmons
Jul 25, 20233 min read


Permission Granted?
Ukraine bombs the Russian bridge to Crimea, limiting transit of military vehicles; Russia bombs Odesa in retaliation; UK sanctions Russia...

Mariah Nimmons
Jul 18, 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


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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