Dr. Robert Pfaltzgraff, Jr

robert.pfaltzgraff@tufts.edu

Dr. Pfaltzgraff is an advisor to the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies and is the Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies at the Fletcher School.

He is also founder and president of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA) – an independent, nonpartisan organization, whose major purposes are to conduct research, produce and publish studies in the form of reports, briefings, point papers, policy recommendations, monographs, and books. IFPA organizes and conducts conferences, seminars, and workshops in the United States and abroad. The Institute's products and services are designed to assist senior government policymakers military leaders, broader public policy communities, and industry leaders in making informed decisions in the uncertain global security environment of the early twenty-first century.

IFPA's program encompasses studies on each of the regions of importance to the United States as well as a broad range of issues, including proliferation, counterproliferation, the future of alliances, national security strategy, force structure modernization priorities, and peace building/peace enforcement requirements. Its research program is designed to address public policy issues in integrated fashion, bringing to bear a broad range of perspectives from the United States and abroad, from within government from the broader academic-policy community, and from appropriate professional and disciplinary approaches. IFPA maintains a core professional staff with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. IFPA usually has openings for full-time or part-time interns drawn from The Fletcher School and other academic institutions. For further information you may visit the IFPA website at http://www.ifpa.org/.

Dr. Pfaltzgraff also 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 served as Honorary Professor, University of St. Andrews (Scotland). In addition, he advises key U.S. government officials on military strategy, defense modernization, the future of the Atlantic Alliance, proliferation and counterproliferation issues, and arms control policy. He lectures widely at government, industry, and academic forums in the United States and overseas. These include the NATO Defense College, National Defense University, the Marine Corps University, the Army War College, the Air University, the Naval War College, and the Armed Forces Staff College .

Dr. Pfaltzgraff's academic and policy work encompasses national and international security policy with emphasis on the Euro-Atlantic setting, alliances, crisis management, missile defense, the development and conduct of gaming exercise, proliferation-counterproliferation; arms control issues, strategic planning in the emerging security environment, and the survey and analysis of international relations theory.