Keeping Civilization
Connected.
The Archipelago Institute connects the next generation of thinkers, builders, and leaders from across the West. We are creating the community that will steward our shared culture.
The Meridian Fellowship
A network of people who know each other before they need to.
The Meridian Fellowship brings together the next generation of thinkers, builders, writers, and leaders from across the Western world. Fellows are drawn from the US, UK, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific — people who share a common inheritance and understand that what happens on the other side of the world is not someone else's problem.
It does not wait for people to accumulate credentials. It finds the people already doing serious work and connects them with others who are doing the same.
Three things the Institute builds.
The Network
A directory that outlasts any single cohort.
The primary output is not a report or a policy brief. It is a living directory of people who know each other, trust each other, and can be convened when it matters.
Read moreThe Crossings
At least one Atlantic crossing in each direction, every year.
Structured immersions that produce real acquaintance, not conferences. Fellows travel in both directions, embedding in the institutions and conversations that shape the other side.
Read moreThe Ideas
Writing and thinking that crosses borders.
Fellows produce work that deserves a wider readership. The Institute publishes and circulates writing that speaks across the Western world, not just within one country's conversation.
Read moreWho we are looking for
- Working in policy, media, law, finance, civil society, or ideas
- Early to mid-career and producing work that deserves a wider readership
- Curious about other countries, not just their own
- Can contribute insight to partners across multiple other countries
Join the people building what comes next.
The Meridian Fellowship is open to direct applications. If you are doing serious work and want to be part of a network that spans the Western world, we want to hear from you.
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