Professor of Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, the senior graduate professional school of international affairs in the United States.

Salacuse served as The Fletcher School’s Dean for nine years. With broad experience in higher education, international development, and legal practice, he specializes in international negotiation and arbitration, international business transactions, and law and development.

Salacuse has written numerous books and articles, including Seven Secrets for Negotiating with Government (AMACOM 2008); Leading Leaders: How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich, and Powerful People (AMACOM, 2006, selected by the Globe and Mail as one of the top five business books of 2006). The Global Negotiator: Making, Managing, and Mending Deals Around the World in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, selected as one of the best business books of 2003 by Library Journal); The Wise Advisor: What Every Professional Should Know About Consulting and Counseling (Praeger, 2000, Chinese edition 2004); Making Global Deals (1991, Houghton Mifflin; paperback edition by Times Books; ten foreign language editions); International Business Planning: Law and Taxation (six volumes, with W.P. Streng), An Introduction to Law in French-speaking Africa (2 vols.); and Nigerian Family Law. His most recent book is The Law of Investment Treaties (Oxford University Press, 2010).

He has been a consultant to major multinational companies, government agencies, international organizations, universities, foundations, and foreign governments. He was awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Comparative Law for Italy in 2000 and has served as the Dean of the School of Law of Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Law Institute, and the executive committee and faculty of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. He is an independent director of several mutual funds, chairman of the India and Asia Tigers Funds, and president and member of international arbitration tribunals under the auspices of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Professor Salacuse holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an A.B. from Hamilton College, and a diploma from the University of Paris.