Civilizational Balance for a Post-Confrontational World. A methodological and project infrastructure for long-horizon dialogue and conditions-based project design - before positions harden into conflict.
SARAFAN is not a political alliance, not a lobbying vehicle, and not a public campaign. It is a framework that helps institutions and regions work with structural imbalance: the mismatch between civilizational depth, institutional forms, and decision-making horizons.
SARAFAN is designed as a safe, pre-political container with strict rules.
No press, no communiqués, no voting, no resolutions.
Host institutions provide space; they do not endorse outcomes or assume continuity obligations.
Infrastructure support only; no agenda control, no veto rights, no influence over conclusions.
Not to reach agreement, but to confirm the possibility of shared analytical work and fix a methodological frame for continuation.
Closed, invitation-only. 20-30 participants. Think tanks + a small number of practitioners. No media, no declarations.
Abu Dhabi, May 2026. 2 days (plus arrival evening). Establishing format before any public or institutional scaling.
The methodological operator and strategic meaning center supporting SARAFAN with long-horizon design, facilitation, and knowledge architecture. Learn more
A private global initiative for rethinking the future - the broader discursive and intellectual environment that SARAFAN can plug into when appropriate. Open page
Methodology before ideology. Infrastructure before outcomes. Dialogue before alignment. SARAFAN is a safe container - a starting point, not a final model.
Sarafan Framework8 January 2026