Biographical Sketch
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Dr. Wiseman is Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Public Diplomacy and Senior Fellow in the Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. In 2006–07, he was on secondment to the Strategic Planning Unit of the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, dealing with issues involving non-proliferation and disarmament.
Dr. Wiseman is a former Australian diplomat, serving in three diplomatic postings (Stockholm, Hanoi, and Brussels) and as private secretary to the Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans. He has also been the Ford Foundation’s program officer for international peace and security, based in New York City. He received his doctorate in International Relations from Oxford University, and has had visiting fellowships at the Australian National University, Yale University, and the Pacific Council on International Policy. He is an honorary departmental fellow in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
At USC, Dr. Wiseman teaches Introduction to International Security; Leadership & Diplomacy; Transnational Diplomacy & Global Security; Theories of Diplomacy; and Conflict & Cooperation.
Dr. Wiseman’s research interests are diplomatic theory and practice; international security; and Asia-Pacific regional security. His publications include Concepts of Non-Provocative Defence: Ideas and Practices in International Security. He has co-edited a new book published in 2007 (with Professor Paul Sharp) entitled The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society (Palgrave Macmillan).
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Education
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 Ph.D. Diplomacy; International Security Studies; Asia-Pacific Security, University of Oxford
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B.A. Political Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1973
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M.A. Political Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1975
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Non-Tenure Track Appointments
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Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California, 2007-2008
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Visiting and Temporary Appointments
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Principal Officer, Strategic Planning Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, New York City, 2006-2007
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Professor Wiseman researches diplomacy and international security. He has completed a book on the viability of "non-provocative defense" concepts, which focuses on how states convey non-threatening intentions by adopting defensive military capabilities.
Professor Wiseman is currently developing a new research project on how diplomats of the future will need to acquire innovative conceptual and practical skills as global patterns of power, identity, and communications become more complex.
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Research Specialties
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International relations & security; Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
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Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Honorary Department Fellow; Reappointed for further 5 years from 1/04
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Initiative to Study Political Violence,http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/violence/index.html
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Pacific Council on International Policy, Fellow,http://cwis.usc.edu/info/directories/dept/info/pacific_council.html
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Conferences and Other Presentations
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Conference Presentations
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""All Change/No Change: The View from the UN"", First The Hague Diplomacy Conference, Paper, The Hague, Netherlands, Clingendael Institute of International Relations, Invited, 06/21/2007-06/22/2007
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Service to the Profession
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Associate Editor, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 2006-2007
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