Earl Anthony Wayne

Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Project on Prosperity and Development
Earl Anthony Wayne

Earl Anthony Wayne is a senior adviser with the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development.  He served as a U.S. diplomat from 1975 to 2015. The U.S. Senate confirmed Wayne as a career ambassador, the highest rank in the U.S. Foreign Service, in 2010. He is currently a public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and co-chair of its Mexico Institute Advisory Board.  He is also a senior non-resident adviser at the Atlantic Council and at the Center for Security and Treasurer of the American Foreign Service Association and chairs its PAC. He writes, speaks and consults on a wide range of topics. Wayne was an advisor for HSBC in Mexico and Latin America on countering illicit finance from 2015 until early 2019. Wayne served as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico (2011-15), coordinating director for development and economic affairs and deputy U.S. ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan (2009-2011), and U.S. ambassador to Argentina (2006-2009). He worked for three secretaries of state as assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs (EB) (2000-2006). Prior to his service with EB, Wayne worked as principal deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs, deputy assistant secretary for Europe and Canada, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. mission to the European Union in Brussels, and director for Western Europe at the National Security Council. He received multiple honors during his service, including most recently the 2017 Director General’s Cup for the Foreign Service and the 2015 Cobb Award for Initiative and Success in Trade Development. Wayne has an M.P.A. from the JFK School of Government, Harvard University, an M.A. from Princeton University, an M.A. from Stanford University, and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Afghanistan One Year Later: Consequences & Responsibilities

CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development's panel discussion reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan.

Transcript by Daniel F. Runde, P. Michael McKinley, Earl Anthony Wayne, Annie Pforzheimer, Fawzia Koofi, Bill O’Keefe, Lieutenant General Michael K. Nagata (Ret.), and Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) — August 15, 2022

Bringing Supply Chains Back to Mexico

A series of essays, written in collaboration between PIIE and CSIS, explore the feasibility and benefits of relocating supply chains to Mexico and shared Mexican-U.S. interest in building resilient supply chains in North America.

Report by John J. Hamre, and Mariana Campero, Ryan C. Berg, Earl Anthony Wayne, Matthew P. Goodman, Dr. Adam S. Posen, Jeffrey J. Schott, Luis de la Calle, Mary E. Lovely, David Xu, Sherman Robinson, Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda — October 20, 2021

Preventing Catastrophe in Afghanistan

Please join us for a wide-ranging conversation with CSIS experts to discuss directions and options for Afghanistan going forward and how to avoid continued catastrophe in the region.

Event — June 16, 2021

Afghanistan: Continued Assistance Flows Are Vital as U.S. Troops Leave

Following the Biden administration’s decision to permanently withdraw all troops from Afghanistan, the United States will need to rapidly address the future of its financial flows to the country as it seeks to bolster the Kabul government and protect human rights.

Commentary by Earl Anthony Wayne, James Schwemlein , and Hannah Davin — May 25, 2021