CURRICULUM VITAE

(Note: the following only lists information pertinent to Dr Salla's Political Science employment, research and writing - for his recent Exopolitical research, publications and media interviews, see www.exopolitics.org)

Personal Details
                    Michael Emin Salla,
                    Born, 25 September 1958, Melbourne, Australia
                   Citizenship: Australian

Qualifications
 1993           Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
 1990           Master of Arts  (University of Melbourne)
 1987           Bachelor of Arts (University of Melbourne)
 1984           Graduate Diploma of Education (Melbourne CAE)
 1983           Bachelor of Science (University of Melbourne)

 Awards, Distinctions & Professional Recognition
1999           Selected as panelist for United States Institute of Peace Solicited Grants Panel, February
1997           Selected for United States Institute of Peace Faculty and College Seminar, July
1996            Promoted from Lecturer (level A) to Lecturer (level B), Faculty of
                    Arts, Australian National University
1994-96     Associate of the Centre for Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies
1991-92     Australian Postgraduate Research Award
1989           Master of Arts - Awarded First Class Honours

Research Grants
1999           Ford Foundation (USD150,000)
                    Title: "Managing Transition in the East Timor Conflict"
1998           Unsolicited Grants, United States Institute for Peace (USD44,000)
                    Title: "Conflict Resolution and the East Timor Conflict"
 1997          Unsolicited Grants, United States Institute for Peace (USD29,000)
                    Title: "Conflict Resolution and the East Timor Conflict"
1996           Faculties Research Grants Scheme, Australian National University
                    (AUD6000).  Title: "Religio-nationalist conflict: developing effective conflict
                    resolution strategies"
1994           New Staff Grants, Faculties Research Grants Scheme, Australian National University,
                    (AUD4100).   Title: "Ethno-religious conflict in Kosovo"
1993           Research Grant, Department of Government, University of  Queensland (AUD2000)
                    Title: "East Timorese Resistance to Integrasi"

 Employment/Academic Appointments
    1              Researcher in Residence, (2001-2004) Center for Global Peace, American University,  Washington, D.C.,  USA
    2              Adjunct Faculty, (2002) George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
    3             Assistant Professor (1996-2001) Peace and Conflict Resolution Program, School of International
                    Service, American University,  Washington, D.C.,  USA
   4              Lecturer (Level B - [1996]); Department of Political Science, Faculties,  Australian National
                   University, ACT 0200, Australia
   5              Lecturer (Level A - [1994-96]); Department of Political Science, Faculties,  Australian National
                   University, ACT 0200, Australia
   6              Lecturer (Casual) 1993; Department of Religious Studies, University of Queensland, QLD 4072,
                   Australia
   7              Tutorial Assistant & Casual Tutor (1990-93); Department of Government, Uni of Qld
   8              Research Assistant (1992-93); Dept of Government, University of Queensland
   9              Tutor (1989-90); Emmanuel College, Upland Road, St Lucia, QLD
  10             Tutor (1985-88); Central Coaching College, Jupiter Road, Caulfield 3162
  11             Emergency Teacher (1984-85); Education Department of Victoria, Nauru House, Collins Street
                   Melbourne 3000

Publications (sole author unless indicated otherwise)
Books

1. Exopolitics: Political Implications of the Extraterrestrial Presence (Dandelion Books, 2004)
2. The Hero's Journey Toward a Second American Century ( Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002)
3. Ralph Summy & Michael Salla, eds., Why the Cold War Ended:  A Range of  Interpretations  (Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press , 1995)
4. Michael Salla, Walter Tonetto & Enrique Martinez, eds., Essays on Peace: Paradigms for Global Order (Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, QLD, 1995)
5. Islamic Radicalism, Muslim Nations and the West (Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies, Perth, 1993) 

Academic Journals

1. "Personal Empowerment as the Missing Ingredient in the Israel-Palestine Conflict," Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution, 5:1 (2003) http://www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr/5_1salla.htm  
2. "Conflict Resolution, Genetics and Alchemy - The Evolution of Conflict Transmutation” Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution, 3:3 (2000) http://www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr/3_3salla.htm
3. "Promoting Reconciliation in East Timor - Imperatives for the Transition to Self-Government," (Forthcoming 1999) Pacifica Review
4. "Serbia's Final Solution to the Kosovo Problem," Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 18:2 (1998): 229-40
5. "Integral Peace: A Foucauldian Perspective, "  Peace and Change  23:3 (1998): 312-32
6. "Political Islam and The West: a New Cold War or Convergence?  Third WorldQuarterly, 18:4 (1997): 729-42
7.  "Creating the Ripe Moment in the East Timor Conflict," Journal of Peace Research 34:2 (1997):            449-66
8.  "Nonviolence in Kosovo: Establishing a Dependency Relationship," Social Alternatives 16:2 (1997): 46-49
9.  "Peace Enforcement versus Non-violent Intervention in the Post-Cold War Era, Peace Review 8:4  (1996): 547-54
10. "There is No Nonviolent Future," Social Alternatives 15:3 (1996): 41-43
11.  "Kosovo,  Non-Violence and the Break-up of Yugoslavia," Security Dialogue  26:4 (1995): 78-89
12.  "East Timor and Australian Foreign Policy," Australian Journal of International Affairs  49:2 (1995):  207-222
13.  "East Timor's Nonviolent Resistance," Peace Review  7:2 (1995): 191-97
14.  "Ex-Yugoslavia's Forgotten Conflict: Nonviolence in Kosovo," Social Alternatives  14:3 (1995): 37-40
15.  "Dedicated Minorities in Martin Luther King's Political Philosophy," Peace Review  6:2  (1994): 241-48
16.  "East Timor's Clandestine Resistance to Indonesian Integration," Social Alternatives  13:1 (1994): 44-47
17.  "The efficacy of nonviolence in international relations: a critique," Australian Journal of Political  Science  28:3 (1993): 458-80
18. "Abrahamic minorities in Helder Camara's Political Philosophy," Interdisciplinary Peace Research  5:1 (May/June 1993): 51-73
19. "The nonviolent struggle continues: an analysis of recent political events in the former Yugoslav  autonomous province of Kosovo," Nonviolence International 1:1 (1993): 79-89
20. "Satyagraha in Mahatma Gandhi's Political Philosophy," Peace Research 25:1 (Feb 1993): 39-62
21. "Towards a European Defence Policy for the 90s," World Review 31:1 (1992): 11-23
22.  "Portrait of an Italian Social Reformer: Danilo Dolci's Philosophy of Nonviolence," Interdisciplinary Peace Research 3:1 (1991): 3-21
23. "Nonviolence and the Search for Self-identity," Gandhi Marg 13:1 (1991): 75-81
24. "Constructing a Methodology of Nonviolence," Gandhi Marg 11:3 (1989): 332-339
25. "Islamic fundamentalism: its consequences for the West," Islam, the modern age  XXII:1 (Feb 1991):22-46

Book Chapters, Encyclopedia Entries, etc

1. East Timor and Australian Foreign Policy," East Timor and Australia, ed. James Cotton (Canberra: Australian Defence Force Academy, 1999) 159-80.
2. "A Visit to East Timor" East Timor: Occupation and Resistance (Denmark: Narayana Press,  International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 1998) 32-41.
3. "East, Timor, Regional Security and The Labor Tradition," The Labor Tradition in Australian  Foreign Policy , ed David Lee (Allen & Unwin, & Department of International Relations, Australian National University, 1997) 219-33
4. "East Timor's Nonviolent Resistance," Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage , eds., Roger S. Powers & William B.Vogele (New York:Garland Publishing, 1997) 161-63
5. "Why the Cold War Ended: A Framework for Analysis," Why the Cold War Ended:  A Range of Interpretations, eds Ralph Summy & Michael Salla (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995) 249-60
6. "Abrahamic minorities and committed groups: nonviolent intervention in international conflict," Essays on Peace: Paradigms for Global Order, eds Michael Salla, Walter Tonetto & Enrique Martinez  (Central Queensland University Press, 1995) 147-58
7. Michael Salla, Walter Tonetto & Enrique Martinez, "Towards a Global Educative Authority: The Council of Earth," Essays on Peace: Paradigms for Global Order,  eds. Michael Salla, Walter Tonetto& Enrique Martinez (Central Queensland University Press, 1995) 255-64

Short Articles & Reports

1.  "For Milosevic, Kosovo is about keeping power," The Star Ledger (Newark, New Jersey, April 16, 1999): 18
2.  "What Role should the US take in the Kosovo crisis?" American Weekly : American University's newspaper (6 April 1999): 3.
3. "Political Autonomy & Negotiating a Settlement to the East Timor conflict," Timor Link, December, 1998
4.  "Rebuilding the 'Negotiating Middle' in Intractable Conflicts," Private Peacemaking: USIP-Assisted Peacemaking Projects of Nonprofit Organizations: Peaceworks No. 20 (US Institute of Peace, 1998) 1-5
5. "Rebuilding the ëNegotiating Middle' in Intractable Conflicts," forthcoming Peaceworks 1998
6. "Conflict Resolution and East Timor," Horizons  4:4 (1996): 12-13
7. "The Road To Peace from Dayton, Ohio," Pacific Research  8:4 (1995): 52-53
8. "The Road to Peace - Where now from Dayton, Ohio?" Illyria  (December 5, 1995):  1
9. "East Timor Conference Report," International Relations Bulletin  4:2 (1995): 5-7
10. "East Timor Conference Report," Pacific Research  8:3 (1995): 54
11. "The Other Conflict," Illyria (February 11, 1995):  1
12. "Will globalism be the answer?" Campus Review  ([ANU] June 1-7, 1995): 8
13. "Hemmelig Modstand Finder Nye Veye," Kontakt:  Internationalt Magasin  (November 1994): 26-28
14. "East Timor: The Struggle for Self-determination," Pacific Research  7:2 (1994): 18-20
15. "Australia's Role in International Peacekeeping," National Graduate (Summer 1994): 11-13
16. "The agony of East Timor," ANU Reporter 25:20 (1994): 7
17. "The Nonviolent Struggle in Kosovo," Nonviolence Today  31 (1993): 10-11

Books Reviewed

1. David Callahan, Unwinnable Wars: American Power and Ethnic Conflict. In Worldview 11:2 (1998): 72-75.
2.  Jacob Bercovitch, ed., Resolving International Conflicts: The Theory and Practice of Mediation. InThe Australian Journal of International Affairs 51:1 (1997): 125-26
3. William Zartman, Elusive Peace: Negotiating an End to Civil Wars.  In The Australian Journal of            International Affairs 50:3 (1996): 323-24
4. Jacob Bercovitch, ed., Resolving International Conflicts: The Theory and Practice of Mediation. In The Australian Journal of International Affairs 51:1 (1997): 125-26
5.  Walter Isard, Understanding Conflict and the Science of Peace. In Pacific Research  8:4 (1995): 57
6. Colman McCarthy, All of One Peace: Essays on Nonviolence. In Peace and Conflict : Journal of Peace Psychology  1:4 (1995): 451-52
7. Geoffrey Gunn, A Critical View of Western Journalism and Scholarship on East Timor.  In Pacific Research  8:3(1995): 51
8.   Barnett Rubin, Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International System. In Australian Journal of Political Science 30:2 (1995): 399-400
9. Dennis J.D. Sandole and Hugo van der Merwe, eds., Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice, Integration and application. In Australian Journal of Political Science  30:2 (1995): 400-401
10. Glenn Paige, To Nonviolent Political Science; Glenn D Paige, Chaiwat Satha-Anand & Sarah Gilliatt, eds., Islam and Nonviolence. In Social Alternatives  13:3-4 (1994): 60-61
11. Dan Tschirgi, ed. The Arab World Today. In Australian Journal of Political Science 30:1 (1995): 198-99
12.   Barbara Callaway & Lucy Creevey, The Heritage of Islam: Women, Religion, & Politics in West Africa. In Australian Journal of Political Science 30:1 (1995): 174-75
13. Luther Martin, ed. Religious Transformations and Socio-Political Change; Bronislaw Misztal & Anson Shupe, eds; Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective; Jeff Hayes, Religion in Third World Politics. In Australian Journal of International Affairs  48:2(1994): 310-11
14. M.A. Stephenson & Suri Ratnapala, eds., Mabo: A Judicial Revolution; Douglas Oliver, Black Islanders: A Personal Perspective. In Australian Multicultural Book Review 2:3 (1994): 54-56
15. Gareth Evans, Cooperating for Peace. In Social Alternatives 12:4 (1994): 60-61
16. Brian Martin, Social Defence: Social Change. In Social Alternatives 12:4 (1994): 62-63
17. Glenn Paige, ed., Buddhism and Nonviolent Global Problem-Solving: Ulan Bator Explorations. In Social Alternatives 12:1 (1993): 72
18. Bernard Swan, Charting Peace: An Outline of Approaches from the Conventional to the Christic.  In Social Alternatives 12:1 (1993): 70
19. Nicaragua: What Went Wrong? In Social Alternatives 9:4 (1991): 65-66
20. StJohn Kettle, ed., After the Gulf War: for Peace in the Middle East. In Social Alternatives 10:2 (1991): 62-63

Conference Papers

1. "Conflict Resolution and Kosovo," International Studies Association, Washington, DC, February, 1999
2. "Track Two Diplomacy in the East Timor Conflict," American Political Science Association, Boston, Sept 3, 1998
3. "Allegory & Myth in International Relations," International Studies Association, Minneapolis, March 1998
4.  "Political Islam and the West: A New Cold War or Convergence?" The Peace Studies AssociationNinth Annual Conference, Georgetown University, Washington DC, June 5-8, 1997
5.  "Women and War, Men and Pacifism," UN Expert Group Meeting: Political Decision Making and
6.  Conflict Resolution: The Impact of Gender Difference, Santo Domingo, 7-11 October 1996
7. "Integral Peace: A Foucauldian Perspective," International Peace Research Association, July, 1996, University of  Queensland
8. "Language and the Self-Other dichotomy," International Peace Research Association, July, 1996,  University of  Queensland
9.  "Kosovo and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution in the Former Yugoslavia," International Peace Research  Association, July, 1996, University of Queensland
10. "Models of Conflict Resolution for the Balkans," The Balkans and Conflict Resolution Workshop,  July 1996, Australian National University
11.  "East Timor and Conflict Resolution," East Timor: Its Future in the Asia Pacific - Public  Education  and Dialogue Conference, June 1996, University of Sydney
12. "Phonocentric Semantic Analysis and Peace Studies," Peace Studies Association, April, 1996,  Earlham College, Indiana
13. "Kosovo, Nonviolent Resistance, and Ethnic Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia," Australasian Political  Studies Association, September, 1995, University of Melbourne
14. "The Labor Tradition, Regional Security & East Timor," The Labor Tradition in Australian Foreign Policy,  December 1994, Australian National University
15. "East Timor's Nonviolent Resistance & The Catholic Church," Religion and Human Dignity: Rights and  Responsibilities, July 1994, Deakin University
16. "The End of the Cold War: A Political, Historical and Mythological Event," Why the Cold War Ended, University of Queensland, 24-25 September  1993
17. "Peace Enforcement vs Nonviolent Intervention: Competing Paths in the Post-Cold War Era?"  Australasian Political Studies Association, September 1993, Monash University
18. "The role of `committed groups' and `Abrahamic minorities' in the thought of Helder Camara and Danilo Dolci: implications for international conflict," Asian Peace Research Association,  January/February 1992, University of Canterbury
19. "Nonviolence: its efficacy in international relations," Australasian Political Studies Association, July 1991, Griffith University
20. "Islamic Fundamentalism: Its consequences for the West," Australasian Political Studies Association,  September 1990,  University of Tasmania
21.  "European Peace Initiatives for the 90s," Australasian Political Studies Association, September 1989,University of New South Wales
22.  "Floating through the Jungian Archetype - A Wittgensteinian Parable," Australasian Universities  Language and Literature Association, January 1989, Macquarie University

 Public lectures and academic seminars

1. Panelist in Seminar, Balkan's in Crisis, Washington College of Law, American University, 4/6/99
2. "Fieldwork findings from Sri Lanka," Peace and Conflict Resolution Program, American University, 4/6/99
3. "The Kosovo Crisis," Guest Speaker, Rotary Club, Wheaton, MD, 3/30/99
4.  "Kosovo Crisis: Prospects for Peaceful Negotiation or Violent Conflict," Panel Discussion, Center for Global Peace, American University, 4/30/98
5.  "Ethnic Conflict and Regional Conflict," Robert McNamara Fellows Program, World Bank, 11/9/98
6. "Gender and the Military," Panel Discussion, Women's Studies, American University, 9/3/98
7.  "Nonviolence in Kosovo," Panel Discussion, Islam and Peace, Center for Global Peace, American University, 31/1/98
8.  "Political Islam and the West," Seminar Presentation," The School of Islamic and Social Sciences, 22/1/98
9. "Ethnic Conflict in the former Yugoslavia," Panel Discussion, Center for Global Peace, American University, 27/1/98
10. "Gender Analysis and Peace," Panel Discussion, Women's Studies, American University, 29/10/97
11.   "Gender Analysis and Peace," Panel Discussion, Women's Studies, American University, 29/10/97
12. "The 1996 Nobel Prize: Implications for East Timor," Seminar Presentation, School of International Service, American University 23/10/96
13. "Ordinary Language and Identity Politics," Seminar Presentation, Department of Political Science, Australian National University 28/3/96
14.  "The Albanian Question in the Former Yugoslavia," Seminar Presentation, Department of Political Science, Australian National University, 1/9/95
15. "Ex-Yugoslavia's Forgotten Conflict," Seminar Presentation, Program in Political Science, Australian National University, 5/7/95
16. "Islam and Indonesia," Conference Address, VI th Symposium on Timor, Lisbon, 25/3/1995
17. East Timor and the Catholic Church, Conference Address, VI th Symposium on Timor, Lisbon, 25/3/1995
18. "Resisting Integrasi," Seminar Presentation, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra 10/6/ 1994

Media Interviews

1. "UN Ballot in East Timor,"KSRO (Radio), Santa Rosa, CA., 4:30 pm, 8/30/99
2. "UN Ballot in East Timor," ABC Online, 8/30/99
3. "Revenge Attacks in Kosovo," Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (TV) Washington DC., 7/30/99 Show 248
4. "Interview on Agreement to End the Kosovo Crisis," WTOP (Radio) Washington DC., 2pm, 6/10/99
5. "Interview on Agreement to End the Kosovo Crisis," WTOP (Radio) Washington DC., 5pm, 6/9/99
6. "War Crimes and the Kosovo Crisis,"KSRO (Radio), Santa Rosa, CA., 5 pm, 5/27/99.
7. "Interview on the Kosovo Crisis," (Hearst-Argyle Television) Washington, DC., 5 pm, 5/27/99
8. "Kosovo Crisis," CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Comm., TV) News, Washington DC., 7am, 5/17/99
9. "Interview on the Kosovo Crisis," MSNBC  (TV) News, Washington DC., 5pm, 4/5/99
10. "Interview on the Kosovo Crisis," KRLA (Radio) Los Angeles, 3/26/99
11. "Interview on the Kosovo Crisis," America's Voice (TV), Washington DC, 7 pm, 3/25/99
12. "Interview on the Kosovo Crisis," WTOP (Radio), Washington DC., 3/25/99
13. "Interview on the Kosovo Crisis," WMAL (Radio), Washington DC., 3/24/99
14. "Interview on the Kosovo Crisis," KDKA (Radio), Pittsburgh, 3/24/99
15. "Interview on the Kosovo Crisis," KSRO (Radio), Santa Rosa, CA., 3/23/99
16. "Commentary on East Timor Conflict," Voice of America 11 Feb 1999, (Radio)
17. "Interview" Illyria Oct 21-23, 1998. 18-19 (newspaper)
18. "Recent Events in East Timor," BBC World Service, 4 Aug, 1998 (Radio)
19. "Commentary on Kosovo Crisis" Voice of America 1 May 1998, (Radio)
20. "Commentary on Recent Events in Kosovo" Voice of America 10 March 1998, (Radio)
21. "Commentary on Recent Events in Kosovo" Voice of America 20 Feb 1998 (Radio)
22. "Commentary on Recent Events in Macedonia" Voice of America 18 July, 1997 (Radio)
23. "Conflict Resolution and Recent developments in Kosovo," The Albanian Hour, 3ER (Radio),  Melbourne, 2 July 1996
24. "Implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia," First Edition News, ABC TV, Canberra,       14 December 1995
25. "Recent developments in Kosovo," The Albanian Hour, 3ER (Radio), Melbourne, 29 September 1995
26. "The Escalating Hostage Crisis in Bosnia," The World Today, 2CN, ABC Radio, Canberra, 29 May 1995
27. "The Escalating Hostage Crisis in Bosnia," The World At Noon, ABC TV, Canberra  26 May 1995
28. "The Albanian Question in the Former Yugoslavia," The Albanian Hour, 3ER (Radio), Melbourne,  7 February 1995
29. "Recent developments in East Timor," 2XX  (Radio), Canberra, 6 February 1995

Workshops/Conferences Organised

1. Organisor of workshop, "Conflict Resolution and the East Timor Conflict," American University, July     8-11, 1998
2.  Organisor of Panel Discussion, "The Kosovo Crisis: Prospects for Peaceful Negotiation or Armed Conflict," American University, April 30, 1998
3.   Organisor of workshop, "Conflict Resolution and the East Timor Conflict," American University, July 24-26, 1997
4. Organisor of Panel Discussion, "US Foreign Policy and East Timor," American University, February,  26, 1997
5.  Co-organisor of workshop "Conflict Resolution in the Balkans," Australian National University, July  1996
6.  Convenor for Conference, "Peacemaking Initiatives for East Timor,"  held at the Australian National University on 10-12 July 1995
7.  Co-organiser for Symposium, "Why the Cold War Ended,"  held on 24-25 Sept 1993, Dept of  Political Science, Australian National University

Fieldwork Experience
1.             Two weeks (January 99) in Sri Lanka researching ethnic conflict between the Tamil minority and the
                Sri Lankan government. Conducted interviews with political leaders, scholars, human rights
                activists, and members of the Tamil, Muslim & Sinhalese communities; and representatives of
                the international diplomatic community.
2.            Five weeks (December 1994 - January 95) in the former Yugoslavia researching ethnic conflict
                in Kosovo and Macedonia. Conducted interviews with political leaders, scholars, human rights
                activists, and members of the Albanian, Serbian and Macedonian communities; and representatives of
                the international diplomatic community.
3.             Five weeks (December 1993 - January 94) in East Timor and Indonesia researching ethnic conflict
                in East Timor. Conducted interviews with political leaders, scholars, human rights activists, and
                members of the East Timorese and Indonesian communities; and representatives of the international
                diplomatic community.

Citations
1.              George H. Quester, review of Ralph Summy and Michael Salla, Why the Cold War Ended. In
                American Political Science Review 90:2 (1996): 471
2.              Paul Joseph, review of Ralph Summy and Michael Salla, Why the Cold War Ended. In Social
                Alternatives 15:3 (1996):70-72
3.              John Chiddick, review of Islamic Radicalism: Muslim and the West.  In Pacifica Review (May/June
                1994): 109-111
4.              Rob Imre, review of Islamic Radicalism: Muslim and the West. In Social Alternatives 13:1 (1994):
                63.21.

 Acted as referee for the following academic journals
                Journal of Peace Research;
                Security Dialogue;
                Australian Journal of International Affairs;
                Australian Journal of Politics and History

Professional Development
1.              Awarded a Certificate of Achievement and accepted as a Mediator by American University Mediation
                Service after satisfactory completion of training workshop held September 1996.
2               Awarded a Conflict Resolution Certificate for satisfactory completion of a 24 hour workshop in
                Mediation Process. Organised by The Conflict Resolution Network, QLD, Australia. December 1991