In her research and writing, Dr. Diana Villiers Negroponte focuses on managing and resolving international violent conflicts. In her book, Seeking Peace in El Salvador: the Struggle to Reconstruct a Nation at the End of the Cold War (2014) and Master Negotiator: James A. Baker, III’s Role at the End of the Cold War (2020) she examines the causes and years of destructive war leading to a mutually hurting stalemate.  Then, both conflict parties recognize greater benefit from a negotiated settlement.  With a doctorate from Georgetown University where she now teaches as an Adjunct Professor, she has written papers and books at USIP, the Brookings Institution and the Wilson Center until its closure this Spring.  She is also a member of the DC Bar, the American Bar Association, the Council on Foreign Relations, a Freedom House Trustee Emeritus and the Migration Policy Institute’s Advisory Council.  She is currently researching and writing a book on Armistice & the Men who Made Them, due to be published in 2026.