Clare Banks, Assistant Director of International Partnerships and IIE Initiatives discusses key points from Naureen Madhani’s chapter in the recent IIE publication Global Perspectives on Strategic International Partnerships: A Guide to Building Sustainable Academic Linkages. Banks explains how to navigate the space between two parties in a partnership and ensure equal collaboration and attribution that favors both sides, irrespective of their status or level of development and resources. "[Faculty members] created opportunities for frequent interaction with their partners by hosting them at home or, for example, accompanying them on site seeing. They were able to develop long-term relationships through a process of informal interaction. This development of trust and understanding enabled them to move their partnerships beyond good intentions to explicit articulation of shared outcomes and strategies—to a negotiated space."