David BohigianChief Executive Officer, Meridian International Center · Open diplomacy beyond government

Meridian CEO David Bohigian at the 2026 Milken Global Conference

7 May 2026 · 1 min

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Meridian CEO David Bohigian argues that post-WWII institutions binding Europe and the U.S. are becoming siloed and outdated. He proposes a network linking British industry, German culture, and American technology to replace rigid, traditional structures and better address modern challenges.

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Many of the mechanisms for cooperation between Europe and the United States were built in a post-World War II period. So, we're talking decades, to your point, that many of those folks aren't around anymore who built those. Are there institutions that we should be thinking about building today that can be built on top of that, or successor organisations that can be successful in pulling us together? We're talking about interests here, and the networks will form around the opportunities in a way that institutions kind of get stuck in their lane. And so I'm hoping that when you can pull together, you know, the British industry and German culture and what we're doing here in America with technology, there's different configurations that I think it might not be institutional-based but could be network-based.