Diplomatic Dialogue

The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) facilitates diplomatic dialogue to help policymakers find solutions to common challenges, reduce tensions and manage international relations peacefully. With our extensive dialogue and mediation experience, in-house expertise, extensive regional networks and strategic location in international Geneva, we are uniquely positioned to host confidential discussions. 

As geopolitical rivalries deepen and communication lines are cut, seemingly irreparably, the need for quiet, informal diplomacy has become greater than ever. In this context, establishing safe spaces for discourse is of paramount importance. Against this backdrop, Track 1.5 and Track 2 discussions can help keep threads of communication alive, and promote constructive engagement where it is currently not possible at the official level. Our diplomatic dialogue initiatives are designed not only to gradually rebuild trust and confidence, but also to find common ground so that the rationale for resumed cooperation is clear.