Senior Advisor
Dr. Anthony Wanis-St. John is an Assistant Professor at American University’s School of International Service in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Prior to this post at American University, he was a Research Associate at the Center on International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University.
He earned his Ph.D. (2001) and M.A.L.D. (1996) from the Fletcher School, Tufts University and was awarded a Doctoral Fellowship at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. He has previously taught at the Université de Bordeaux Ecole de Management; University of Massachusetts’ Dispute Resolution Program; Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies; Tufts University’s Fletcher School; Notre Dame University (Beirut, Lebanon) and Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy.
Dr. Wanis-St. John is completing a book with Lynne Rienner Publishers entitled Back Channels: Two Edged Sword of Peacemaking. He has consulted with the World Bank, the World Health Organization, USAID, the Department of State and numerous civil society organizations on peacebuilding work. He also conducts advanced negotiation trainings and consulting in diverse organizational contexts and sectors.
Education
M.A.L.D., PhD, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
BS, St. John’s University (Magna Cum Laude)
Publications
(Selected)
- “Back Channel Negotiation: International Bargaining in the Shadows,” Negotiation Journal, vol. 22, no. 2 (2006)
- “Civil Society and Peace Negotiations: Why, Whether and How They Could Be Involved” (with Thania Pfaffenholz and Darren Kew), Paper prepared for Oslo Forum: Global Forum for Senior Conflict Mediators, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 26-28, 2006.
- “Cultural Pathways in Conflict Resolution,” in Moffitt and Bordone, eds., Handbook of Dispute Resolution (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
- “Implementing ADR in Transitioning States,” Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Vol. 5 (2000)
- “The National Security Council: Tool of Presidential Crisis Management,” Journal of Public and International Affairs, vol. 9, no. 1 (1998)
- “Thinking Globally and Acting Locally,” Review Essay of Negotiating Globally, by J. Brett and Reaching for Higher Ground in Conflict Resolution, by F. Dukes, M. Piscolish and J. Stephens Negotiation Journal, vol. 19, no. 3 (2003)
- “Third Party Mediation Between India and Pakistan,” International Peacekeeping, vol. 4, no. 4 (1997).