Institute for Strategic Dialogue

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) is an independent think tank working with leaders in government, media and the private sector to develop multi-country responses to the major threats to international and communal peace, and to enhance Europe's capacity to act effectively with other key players in the global arena. Through long-term policy, educational and cultural programmes that include research work, specialised task forces, high-level policy briefings, scholarships and cross-border networks, the Institute is fostering leadership and stability across Europe and its wider neighbourhood, actively bridging inter-communal, religious and political divides.

The organisation began as the Club of Three in 1996 with annual meetings between leading figures from Britain, France and Germany. Its founder and president is George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld. The executive director is Sasha Havlicek.

The programmes of the Institute include:

• Frontiers of Europe Initiative - works with policymakers and experts to place the challenges of Europe’s eastern and southern neighbourhoods on western policy agendas; the * * Islam in Europe Programme - seeks to foster a cross-European understanding of the challenges of integration towards a more harmonised approach
• Weidenfeld Leadership Programme and Scholarship Scheme - providing young professionals from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the United States with graduate scholarships to study at Oxford...... ...
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