found: Work cat: 2015002257: Jones, P. L. Track two diplomacy in theory and practice, 2015:ECIP data view, summary ("The US Institute of Peace describes Track Two Diplomacy as 'unofficial dialogue and problem solving activities aimed at building relationships and encouraging new thinking that can inform the official [diplomatic] process. Track Two activities typically involve influential academic, religious, and NGO leaders and other civil society actors who can interact more freely than high-ranking officials.'"; unfortunately implies that such discussions could be construed as a form of diplomacy; practitioners of Track Two Diplomacy are not diplomats. That title belongs only to those who officially represent their countries. While some Track Two processes may be closely related to, and even sponsored by, official diplomacy and while officials may take part in various Track Two processes, in their private capacities, such processes cannot substitute for official interactions between states and should not try to do so; unfortunately implies that such discussions could be construed as a form of diplomacy; for some people, Track Two is best understood as a sub-field of the broader area of Conflict Resolution; true for much of Track Two, but not all; there are variants of Track Two that are not dedicated to the resolution of conflict)
