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Virginia Thomson (far right) and student participants in discussion and Whom Do We Trust 2018 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia
1,001 Days of War
The impact of a US election with wide ranging implications for international dynamics has begun to ripple across the global landscape. In...
Mariah Nimmons
Nov 20, 20245 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
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
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
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
Sovereignty in the Soviet Sphere
A NOTE: Our Russia-Ukraine Resources are updated weekly - if you're accessing the page three or more weeks past the below date, pieces...
Mariah Nimmons
Jun 20, 20244 min read
The Battles of Ukraine
If observers of the war were to agree on a descriptor for the latter half of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, it would likely be....
Mariah Nimmons
Apr 24, 20244 min read
Cascading Conflicts - Nagorno-Karabakh
Across the Black Sea from Ukraine, a thirty-five year struggle between Armenia and Azerbaijian erupts over the dissolution of the...
Mariah Nimmons
Oct 3, 20234 min read
The Disarming Act of Arming Ukraine
The NATO alliance contemplates Ukraine's membership and welcomes Sweden to the group. The NATO meeting in Lithuania is carefully...
tracktwo
Jul 11, 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
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
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