Other brain trusts focus on international and cross-strait matters, such as the Institute of International Relations, the Institute for National Policy Research (INPR), and the National Policy Foundation. Because they have long maintained close ties with think tanks in the US and PRC, in fact they also play the role of "a second channel" in Taiwan-PRC-US trilateral relations, serving as a behind-the-scenes force for cross-strait peace.
其他如政大國際關係研究中心、國家政策研究院、國家政策研究基金會等專精國際關係與兩岸議題的智庫，因長期與美國及中共智庫交流密切，實際上也擔任台、中、美三角關係間的「第二管道」，是兩岸和平的幕後推手。