THE FOREIGN POLICY INSTITUTE

Robert Ricigliano

Fellow, The Foreign Policy Institute

Mr. Ricigliano is the Director of the Institute of World Affairs at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where he teaches International Mediation and Peacebuilding through the Department of Communication and is the Coordinator of the Certificate in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution. He is also a former Executive Director of the Conflict Management Group and served as an Associate Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School.

Mr. Ricigliano has worked with officials all over the world to help resolve conflict. He has worked with political parties in the new Iraqi Parliament and has been involved in peacebuilding interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Russia, Georgia, Colombia, South Africa, and elsewhere. Mr. Ricigliano served on the first U.S. team ever to teach negotiation at the Soviet Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy in Moscow and has trained diplomats and other government officials from Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America. He was also selected by the Secretary of the Interior to lead a first of its kind mediation of a land dispute.

In a wide variety of corporate settings, Rob has done consulting, mediation, and training in negotiation, creating a value-based client relationship, and managing difficult conversations. He has worked with managers, executives, sales and marketing teams. Rob has also worked with families and smaller leadership groups to help improve how they work together and manage important issues. Mr. Ricigliano has mediated disputes with Canada’s largest private television network and a major healthcare system.

Rob has also written widely on negotiation and peace processes. Recent publications include the book, Making Peace Last: a systemic approach to sustainable peacebuilding (2011) and a chapter entitled, Afghanistan: Planning for Systemic Impact (June 2011). He edited a volume of Accord entitled Choosing to Engage: armed groups and peace processes, and wrote an article, entitled A Systemic Approach to Cross-Border Peacebuilding, in another Accord volume. His writings on negotiation and peace processes include, A Three-Dimensional Model of Negotiation, Networks of Effective Action: Implementing a Holistic Approach to Peacebuilding, Cold War, Redux: A Critique of and Alternative to the War on Terrorism, and The Choardic Peace Process. His J.D. is from the Harvard Law School and his B.A. from Hamilton College.