Dr. Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. President, the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Dr. Pfaltzgraff has held a visiting appointment as George C. Marshall Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, and as Professor at the National Defense College, Tokyo, Japan. He has advised key Administration officials on military strategy, modernization, consequence management and counterproliferation issues, the future of the Atlantic Alliance, and arms control policy. Dr. Pfaltzgraff has published extensively and lectured widely at government and industry forums in the United States and overseas, including at the National Defense University and the NATO Defense College. Dr. Pfaltzgraff leads the Institute's research projects on future security environments and technology diffusion and curricular development on issues associated with weapons of mass destruction. His work encompasses alliance relations, crisis management, missile defense, the development and conduct of gaming exercises, arms control issues, and strategic planning in the emerging security environment. He holds an M.A. in international relations, a Ph.D. in political science, and an M.B.A. in international business from the University of Pennsylvania.