Joseph Montville

Joseph Montville
Director, Program on Healing Historical Memory at S-CAR

A.M, Harvard University

Biography

Joseph Montville spent 23 years as a diplomat with posts in the Middle East and North Africa. He also worked in the State Department’s Bureaus of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs and Intelligence and Research, where he was chief of the Near East Division and director of the Office of Global Issues. Montville has held faculty appointments at Harvard and the University of Virginia Medical Schools for his work in political psychology. He defined the concept of Track II, nonofficial diplomacy. Educated at Lehigh, Columbia, and Harvard Universities, Montville is the editor of Conflict and Peacemaking in Multiethnic Societies (Lexington Books, 1990) and editor (with Vamik Volkan and Demetrios Julius) of The Psychodynamics of International Relationships (Lexington Books, 1990 [vol. I], 1991 [vol. II])

Montville is also currently a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at the School of International Service at American University, an Faculty Member at the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction at University of Virginia Medical School, and a member of the International Council on Conflict Resolution at The Carter Center.



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April 01, 2015
Fareed Zakaria wrote in a Washington Post column in July 2014 that the world is experiencing a new kind of nationalism based on fear, insecurity, and anxiety, not doubt in part linked to terrorist threats. He went on to say that we are now seeing "...
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December 10, 2011
The title of this chapter is ambitious and misleading. The purpose here is to set out the broad outlines of a conflict analysis and resolution approach and process the subheadings of which each merits a monograph of its own. In the limited space available, we can...
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2011
This collection of essays by seven highly respected scholars is a straightforward narrative of real world—intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, esthetic—creative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily...
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August 01, 2010
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March 10, 2009
Our keynote author, Joseph V. Montville, pioneered the phrase “Track Two Diplomacy.” In his article, Montville further articulates the application and relevance of track two diplomacy; in particular, he focuses on grassroots approaches to constructing...
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August 01, 2002
The subject of religion in political conflict is vast, and it is not possible to do justice to it in these few pages. Fortunately, scholars, political analysts, and policymakers can refer to two extraordinary new studies, Marc Gopin's Between Eden and...
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May 01, 2001
Justice may be one of the most useful concepts in coming to grips with the challenge of peacebuilding. A good deal of he discussion of justice focuses on retribution, how a social system protects its members from various forms of harm, or transgressions by other...
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March 2016
I was happy to see that the New York Times obituary on Hal quoted Henry Kissinger saying Hal was “an
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October 2015
Washington, DC, Manhattan, and Philadelphia were paralyzed yet filled with excitement. John Paul II had drawn big
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December 01, 2012
Can Jews and Muslims live together harmoniously? In History as a Prelude (Lexington Books), Editor Joseph Montville
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December 12, 2011
Three historians held a discussion on race and the role it played leading up to and during the Civil War and how the
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July 23, 2007
Iran US- Restructuring the Relationship. Round table organized by the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution,
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February 23, 2003
The panelists talked about the role of the U.S. in the world.They also responded to questions from the audience Mr.
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March 20, 1996
The speakers discussed Professor Burnett book Religion: The Missing Dimension of Statecraft. Topics included
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Please join S-CAR in welcoming author Menachem Klein, to present on his book Lives in CommonThis event is co-sponsored by Program on Healing Historical Memory and the Center for World Religions and Diplomacy (CRDC).  The event will be moderated by Joseph Montville. Book Review
March 24, 2015
Participants:                                             Dr. Trita Parsi,
April 23, 2007
Speakers include the following book contributors: David G. Alpher Sandra I. Cheldelin Rom Harré Karina V. Korostelina Joseph V. Montville Daniel Rothbart Dennis J. D. Sandole Peter N. Stearns
February 08, 2007
With religion playing a critical role in many of today’s war-torn societies, and in light of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the discussion focused on the role of religion and religious actors in building democracies and re-building post-conflict societies.Panelists 
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