If you don’t have a seat at the table,

Bridging generations.

Building global impact.

MESA is the table for the next generation.

Adam de Picot

Executive Director

If you don’t have a seat at the table,

Bridging generations.

Building global impact.

MESA is the table for the next generation.

Adam de Picot

Executive Director

If you don’t have a seat at the table,

Bridging generations.

Building global impact.

MESA is the table for the next generation.

Adam de Picot

Executive Director

GLOBAL POLICY HAS A TALENT PIPELINE PROBLEM.

Young leaders are shut out twice: from the research that shapes ideas, and from the institutions with the power to act on them. MESA builds that pipeline end to end.

Young leaders are shut out twice: from the research that shapes ideas, and from the institutions with the power to act on them. MESA builds that pipeline end to end.

Young leaders are shut out twice: from the research that shapes ideas, and from the institutions with the power to act on them. MESA builds that pipeline end to end.

OUR IMPACT TO DATE

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    20

    MESA International

    Delegation VISITS

  • 150K

    150K

    150K

    Media

    Impressions

  • 16

    16

    16

    Policy
    Fellows

  • 9

    9

    9

    Partner

    Institutions

  • 25

    25

    25

    Active Across
    Countries

  • 10

    10

    10

    ADVISORY BOARD
    MEMBERS

  • 30

    30

    30

    Contributors From
    Global Regions

  • 1K

    1K

    1K

    Event Attendees

Annual Report 2026

MESA’s inaugural Annual Report looks inside our first year: the perspectives shaping our work, lessons gathered across regions, policy research and collaborations, and the programs we are building to turn next-generation ideas into action.

PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY

A non-partisan think tank dedicated to harnessing and projecting the voices of today’s youth.

A non-partisan think tank dedicated to harnessing and projecting the voices of today’s youth.

A non-partisan think tank dedicated to harnessing and projecting the voices of today’s youth.

Our work focuses on Planetary Resilience, Geostrategic Order, Technological Frontiers, and Social Impact. We apply a lens of Social Cohesion to ensure policies not only sustain systems but uplift people. More than a think tank.

Our work focuses on Planetary Resilience, Geostrategic Order, Technological Frontiers, and Social Impact. We apply a lens of Social Cohesion to ensure policies not only sustain systems but uplift people. More than a think tank.

MEET MESA

MESA Policy

MESA Policy

In-depth, well-researched briefs authored by early-career scholars and analysts, that highlights context and domain-specific knowledge.

In-depth, well-researched briefs authored by early-career scholars and analysts, that highlights context and domain-specific knowledge.

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Policy areas targeted

Policy areas targeted

INFLUENCE. ACTIVATE. INNOVATE.

INFLUENCE. ACTIVATE. INNOVATE.

A platform for next-generation voices to shape, challenge, and enrich the global policy conversation.

A platform for next-generation voices to shape, challenge, and enrich the global policy conversation.

MESA Voices

MESA Voices

Weekly news digest focusing on underreported stories focusing on the Global South & Next-Generation global policy dialogue between emerging and established leaders

Weekly news digest focusing on underreported stories focusing on the Global South & Next-Generation global policy dialogue between emerging and established leaders

Experts & Fellows

Our talented pool of early-career scholars and analysts, and strategists.

Voices from around the World

MESA Initiatives

MESA Initiatives

Intergenerational, issue-

specific convenings with rotating regional

spotlights, a nexus program and an impact generator.

Intergenerational, issue-

specific convenings with rotating regional

spotlights, a nexus program and an impact generator.

MESA Initiatives

Intergenerational, issue-

specific convenings with rotating regional

spotlights, a nexus program and an impact generator.

Advisory Council

The MESA Advisory Council is a nongovernance body that helps shape the Institute’s intellectual direction.

Contribute to global policy

THEORY OF CHANGE

MESA identifies, develops, and connects the next generation’s decision-makers, building dialogue between voices in the Global South and Global North to shape major institutional decisions worldwide.

MESA identifies, develops, and connects the next generation’s decision-makers, building dialogue between voices in the Global South and Global North to shape major institutional decisions worldwide.

MESA identifies, develops, and connects the next generation’s decision-makers, building dialogue between voices in the Global South and Global North to shape major institutional decisions worldwide.

EXPLORE OUR THEORY OF CHANGE

POLICY TOPICS

Designing the Architecture of Tomorrow

At MESA, we recognize that the challenges of the 21st century cannot be solved in silos. To bridge the generational divide, we focus our research and advocacy on the four critical levers that will determine the trajectory of our shared future.

Social Impact

Social impact is central to MESA’s mission as the thread that connects all of the major social and political issues facing our world today.

Planetary Resilience

MESA promotes an interdisciplinary environmental policy approach, innovating beyond current governance for a destabilizing planet.

Global Governance

The global order is transforming into an "archipelago world," marked by fragmented spheres of influence rather than seamless integration.

Technological Frontiers

MESA empowers young changemakers with knowledge and access to influence AI policies, innovations, and safeguards globally.

Social Impact

Social impact is central to MESA’s mission as the thread that connects all of the major social and political issues facing our world today.

Planetary Resilience

MESA promotes an interdisciplinary environmental policy approach, innovating beyond current governance for a destabilizing planet.

Global Governance

The global order is transforming into an "archipelago world," marked by fragmented spheres of influence rather than seamless integration.

Technological Frontiers

MESA empowers young changemakers with knowledge and access to influence AI policies, innovations, and safeguards globally.

EXPLORE THEMATICS

MEET THE EXPERTS BEHIND MESA

MEET THE EXPERTS BEHIND MESA

Our talented pool of experts

Our talented pool of experts

Platforming a new generation of globally oriented policy leaders, analysts, scholars and fellows.

Platforming a new generation of globally oriented policy leaders, analysts, scholars and fellows.

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Wiktor Babinski

Fellow

PhD candidate at Yale researching how Polish strategic thought shaped modern Eastern Europe, and former advisor to the Polish government on Ukraine.

Mikeala Rear

Fellow

National security and foreign policy professional specializing in economic statecraft and U.S.-Asia-Pacific relations.

Sarah Little

Fellow

Award-winning journalist and founder of More to Her Story, reporting on women and girls worldwide.

Ibrahim Ali

Fellow

Ibrahim Ali is an MPA/ID candidate at Harvard Kennedy School, where he focuses on development finance, labour markets, and emerging markets policy.

Wiktor Babinski

Fellow

PhD candidate at Yale researching how Polish strategic thought shaped modern Eastern Europe, and former advisor to the Polish government on Ukraine.

Mikeala Rear

Fellow

National security and foreign policy professional specializing in economic statecraft and U.S.-Asia-Pacific relations.

Sarah Little

Fellow

Award-winning journalist and founder of More to Her Story, reporting on women and girls worldwide.

Ibrahim Ali

Fellow

Ibrahim Ali is an MPA/ID candidate at Harvard Kennedy School, where he focuses on development finance, labour markets, and emerging markets policy.

RECENT COMMENTARY

RECENT COMMENTARY

Explore our most recent in-depth, well-researched papers for fresh perspectives

Explore our most recent in-depth, well-researched papers for fresh perspectives

Read through briefs and memos ensuring that the policies of tomorrow do not just sustain systems, but uplift the people within them

Read through briefs and memos ensuring that the policies of tomorrow do not just sustain systems, but uplift the people within them

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Policy Paper

Social Impact

Technological Frontiers

Practical intelligence is not artificial : Notes for a panel on AI and human agency

Policy Paper

Geopolitics

A Gardener, not a Repairman: On the Forever Crisis

Policy Paper

Geopolitics

Freedom of Expression Does Not Collapse in a Single Moment

Policy Paper

Planetary Resilience

The World Court’s New Baseline for Climate Accountability

Policy Paper

Social Impact

Technological Frontiers

Practical intelligence is not artificial : Notes for a panel on AI and human agency

Policy Paper

Geopolitics

A Gardener, not a Repairman: On the Forever Crisis

Policy Paper

Geopolitics

Freedom of Expression Does Not Collapse in a Single Moment

WE ARE THE BLUEPRINT

More than a think tank, we are a blueprint for intergenerational stewardship. Our work brings emerging leaders into the research, dialogue, and decision-making that will define their future. Join us in shaping it.

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