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William C. Martel

Associate Professor of International Security Studies

Education

BA, St. Anselm College
PhD in Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Professional Activities

Principal investigator on space policy study with support from MIT Lincoln Laboratory (2007-2009); research support from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Office of Secretary of Defense; Member, Editorial Board of the Naval War College Review; Academic Director, Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict (2006, 2007); Professor of National Security Affairs, Chair of Space Technology and Policy Studies, Naval War College (1999-2005); Research support from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Office of Secretary of Defense, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (current); U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (2001-2002); Associate Professor of International Relations, Air War College (1993-1999); Former Director and Founder, Center for Strategy and Technology (CSAT) (1993-1999); Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University (1991-1993).

Courses

Fall 2009

• DHP P206 - Foundations of Policy Analysis

Research Interests

International security; policymaking processes and governmental institutions; policy analysis and strategic planning; technological innovation; space policy, ballistic missile defense, nonproliferation, and homeland security; leadership studies; international relations and American foreign policy.

Faculty Research Profile - "What is the permissible range of activities that can occur in space? What are you allowed to do in space? Should we weaponize at all? If so, what are the policy and security implications?"

Selected Publications

Books

• Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• The Technological Arsenal: Emerging Defense Capabilities (editor and author) (2001);
• Russia's Democratic Moment: Defining U.S. Policy to Promote Democratic Opportunities in Russia (co-editor and author) (1995);
• Nuclear Coexistence: Rethinking U.S. Policy to Promote Stability in an Era of Proliferation (co-author) (1994);
• How To Stop A War: Research on Two Hundred Years of War and Peace (co-author) (1987);
• Strategic Nuclear War: What the Superpowers Target and Why (co-author) (1986).

Articles

• “Averting a Sino-U.S. Space Race,” Washington Quarterly, Fall 2003;
• "Technology and Military Power," The Fletcher Forum, Fall 2001;
• "The End of Non-Proliferation?" Strategic Review, Fall 2000;
• "Information Revolution and American Military Power," (co-author) Orbis (2000);
• "Our Failure to Convert Russia's Arms Industry," (co-author) Orbis (1999);
• "Is Ukraine a Universal Example of Nonproliferation?" Defense Analysis (1998);
• "Does Deterrence Theory Matter in a Proliferated World? Competing Images of Nuclear Possession," The Absolute Weapon Revisited (1998);
• "Why Ukraine Gave Up Nuclear Weapons," Pulling Back from the Nuclear Brink: Slowing, Stopping, Reversing and Countering Nuclear Threats (1998).