Governing across borders when no one's in charge.

The institutions built for the multilateral order of the late twentieth century were not designed for the governance problems of the 2030s. Track II diplomacy, informal expert-led dialogue across borders, has historically complemented formal multilateralism. In an era of fragmented authority and accelerating technology, it becomes a primary mode of cross-border governance work.

Our Governance and Diplomacy work develops frameworks for structured multi-stakeholder alignment, networked multilateralism, and Track II dialogue on questions that cross jurisdictional lines. The trimester salons function as the Institute's standing Track II infrastructure.