Dr. Joshua N. Weiss is a negotiation expert and Associate Director of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University

Harvard University

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. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) at George Mason University

George Mason University

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 in 2002. Weiss has spoken and published on negotiation, mediation, and systemic approaches to dealing with conflict. He conducts research, consults with many different types of organizations, delivers negotiation and mediation trainings and courses, and engages in negotiation and mediation at the organizational, corporate, government, and international levels.

Weiss is also the managing director of the Abraham Path Initiative, a non profit entity with the mission of supporting and inspiring the creation of the Abraham Path, which is a route of cultural tourism

Cultural tourism

Cultural tourism is the subset of tourism concerned with a country or region's culture, specifically the lifestyle of the people in those geographical areas, the history of those peoples, their art, architecture, religion, and other elements that helped shape their way of life...

 that threads together many of the world’s most fabled historic sites, most beautiful landscapes, and most revered holy places.

Weiss is also the creator of the Negotiation Tip of the Week (NTOW) Podcast that includes approximately 150 episodes. NTOW has been in the iTunes top 100 Business Podcasts for the past three years.

Books

• Weiss, J. Which way forward?: Mediator Sequencing Strategies in Intractable Communal Conflicts. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller 2008.
• Weiss, J. You Didn’t Just Say That: Quotes, Quips and Proverbs When Dealing in the World of Conflict and Negotiation. Program on Negotiation Books. 2006.
• Weiss, J. Ed. When Spider Webs Unite: Five Case Studies of the Third Side in Action. Cambridge, MA: Program on Negotiation Books. 2002.
• Dissertation. Which way forward?: Mediator Sequencing Strategies in Intractable Communal Conflicts. Available on-line at Dissertation Abstracts.
• Culture and Negotiation: A Select Annotated Bibliography. Cambridge, MA: Program on Negotiation. Spring 1997.

Articles

• “A View Through the Bubble: Some Insights from Teaching Negotiation On-line.” Negotiation Journal. 21 (1#, January 2005. 71-83.
• “Framing GABI as GRIT in the Middle East.” Conflict Resolution Newsletter. www.mediate.com. July 2004.
• “A New Precedent with Paradigmatic Importance: The Geneva Accords.” Conflict Resolution Newsletter. www.mediate.com. December 2003.
• With Rosenberg, S. “Sequencing Strategy and Tactics.” In Burgess, G. and H. Burgess. 2003. Beyond Intractability. University of Colorado at Boulder
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• “Incrementaled to Death: Peacemaking in the Middle East.” Conflict Resolution Newsletter. www.mediate.com. August 2003.
• “Trajectories Toward Peace: Mediator Sequencing Strategies in Intractable Communal Conflicts.” Negotiation Journal. 19 #2#, April 2003. 109-115.
• “Why Negotiation has Gotten a Bad Name.” Conflict Resolution Newsletter. www.mediate.com. March 2003.
• “Tuzla, The Third Side, and the Bosnian War.” In Weiss, J., Ed. When Spider Webs Unite: Five Case Studies of the Third Side in Action. Cambridge, MA: Program on Negotiation Books. 2002.
• With d’Estree, Fast, and Jakobsen, “Changing the Debate about “Success” in Conflict Resolution Efforts.” Negotiation Journal. 17 #2), April 2001. 101-114.
• With Hancock, L. and V. Perry. "A Skeletal Solution to an Enigmatic Puzzle: A Framework for Intervening to Prevent Violent Ethno-Identity Conflicts." CASID Connection. Michigan State University
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  . 16, 1, 2000. PP. 38–58.
• With Hancock, L. "The Conflict Within." Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution. 2,2, 1999.
• "A Tyrian Dilemma: Guarantors in Peace Agreements." Journal of Civil Wars. 1, 4, 1998. PP. 69–89.
• “A Disastrous Balancing Act: The Beginning of Cambodia’s Misery.” Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution. 1, 1, 1998.
• "Learning from Saddam Hussein: Lessons for the Future of Nuclear Non-proliferation." Swords and Ploughshares: A Journal of Foreign Affairs. 41, 1994. PP. 5–16.