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Anthony Wanis-St. John

Assistant Professor
School of International Service

  • Dr. Anthony Wanis-St. John researches international negotiation, military negotiations, ceasefires, humanitarian negotiations and peace processes. He has created several advanced courses on negotiation for SIS, ranging from interpersonal skills and analysis to complex international multilateral contexts. He also conducts advanced negotiation trainings, mediation and conflict resolution workshops in diverse organizational contexts and sectors. He is an advisor to the Academy of International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding at the United States Institute of Peace.

  • Degrees

    PhD, International Relations, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; MA, Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; BS, Human Services, St. John’s University

  • Favorite Spot on Campus:

    Kay Chapel, SIS Atrium

    Favorite Place in Washington DC:

    Great Falls, Potomac River; Lincoln Memorial

    Book Currently Reading:

    The Essential Jung

    Languages Spoken:

    Spanish, French, and a bit of Arabic

  • OFFICE

  • SIS - School of International Service
  • SIS - 206
  • Spring 2012: Tuesdays 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

  • CONTACT INFO

  • (202) 885-1544 (Office)
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Teaching

  • Spring 2012

    • SIS-419 Adv Topics in Int'l Relations: Negotiation Analysis & Skills
    • Description

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

  • Back Channel Negotiation: Secrecy in the Middle East Peace Process (Syracuse University Press, 2011).
  • Conflict Prevention in the New Security Context: The Case of Macedonia (with Anton Grizold, Marina Mitrevska, Vlado Buchkovski), Open Society Institute of Macedonia, 2009).
  • "Comparative Peace Processes," in T. McElwee, B.W. Hall, J. Liechty, J. Garber, eds., Peace, Justice and Security Studies: A Curriculum Guide, 7th ed. (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009).
  • "Civil Society and Peace Negotiations: Confronting Exclusion," International Negotiation, vol. 13, no. 1 (2008) with Darren Kew.
  • "Peace Processes, Secret Negotiations and Civil Society," (guest editor of special thematic issue), International Negotiation, vol. 13, no. 1 (2008).
  • "Back Channel Negotiation: International Bargaining in the Shadows," Negotiation Journal, vol. 22, no. 2 (2006).
  • "Cultural Pathways in Negotiation and Conflict Management," Chapter 8 in M. Moffitt and R. Bordone, eds., Handbook of Dispute Resolution, Jossey-Bass, 2005.
  • "The National Security Council: Tool of Presidential Crisis Management," Journal of Public and International Affairs, vol. 9, no. 1 (1998): 102-127.
  • "Third Party Mediation Over Kashmir: A Modest Proposal," International Peacekeeping vol. 4, no. 4 (1997): 1-30.
  • "The Mediating Role in the Kashmir Dispute Between India and Pakistan," The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, vol. 21, no. 1 (1996): 173-195.

Professional Presentations

  • “Negotiation for Military Observer Groups,” US Army and US Military Observer Group-Washington, Quantico, VA, April 16, 2011.
  • “Negotiation in the Battle Space,” presentation and simulation held at Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA, April 4, 2011.
  • “Negotiation and Mediation in the Military Context,” guest lecture in Amb. John McDonald’s Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding course at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, February 22, 2011.
  • “Back Channel Negotiation and the Middle East Peace Process,” guest lecture at Georgetown University, Conflict Resolution program, February 17, 2011.
  • “Negotiation and Mediation for US Advisors to the Afghan MoD and MoI,” Ministry of Defense Advisors Program, USIP and Department of Defense, Washington, DC, February 3, 2011.
  • “Negotiation and Conflict Resolution,” virtual lecture via Skype Video, United States Institute of Peace and Virginia Tech, January 7, 2011.
  • Diplomatic Negotiation,” Seminar for diplomatic corps of the United Arab Emirates, Institute for Intercultural Management, American University, November 30, 2010.
  • “Shooting for Peace: the Negotiation of Ceasefires,” Washington Interest Group on International Negotiation at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, November 12, 2010.
  • Invited Expert, Peace Processes Roundtable on Afghanistan, Institute for Inclusive Security, Washington, DC, November 5, 2010.
  • “Negotiation and Terrorism,” Panelist at event  “When Should We Talk to Terrorists?” United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC, July 15, 2010.  

Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Fulbright Senior Specialists Scholarship 2009;  Curricular collaboration with the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Palestinian American Research Center Post Doctoral Fellowship, 2005
  • Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation Doctoral Research Fellowship, 1999-2000

Work In Progress

  • "Ancient Peacemakers: Exemplars of Humanity," in Bartoli, Mampilly & Nan, eds., Peacemaking: A Comprehensive Theory and Practice Reference, accepted (Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2012).
  • "Nuclear Negotiations: Iran, the EU (and the US)," in G. Olivier Faure and Franz Cede, eds., working title: Saving Negotiations From Failure, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, PIN Group, University of Georgia Press, forthcoming 2012.
  • "Structural Dimensions of Negotiations That Do Not End in Agreement," with C. Dupont, in G. Olivier Faure and Franz Cede, eds., working title: Saving Negotiations From Failure, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, PIN Group, University of Georgia Press, forthcoming 2012.

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