Founded in 1978, the Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange (Franklin Center) is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization committed to enhancing global understanding of important international issues. The Franklin Center brings together members of the U.S. Congress and their international parliamentary counterparts as well as experts from the diplomatic corps, foreign officials, senior private sector representatives, scholars, and other public policy experts. Through conferences and events where leading international opinion leaders share ideas, the Franklin Center promotes enlightened, balanced, and unbiased international policy discussion on major international issues.