Robert Pfaltzgraff

Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. is the Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and President, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis. He has advised government officials and others on military strategy, defense modernization, alliance relations, proliferation and counterproliferation, terrorism, homeland security, and national security policy. He has lectured widely at government, industry, and academic forums in the United States and overseas. Between 2006-2009 he served on the International Security Advisory Board (ISAB), U.S. Department of State. Dr. Pfaltzgraff has authored and contributed to numerous books, reports, and monographs; some of his most recent publications include: Anticipating a Nuclear Iran: Challenges for U.S. Security; International Security Studies: Looking Back and Looking Ahead; A Near-Term Strategy to Counter the EMP Threat; Missile Defense, the Space Relationship, and the Twenty-First Century; Space and U.S. Security: A Net Assessment; "Counterproliferation Challenges," Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic; "The Future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty"; "Space: The Next Frontier"; and Contending Theories of International Relations, fifth edition. Pfaltzgraff holds a PhD in Political Science, an MA in International Relations, and an MBA in International Business from the University of Pennsylvania.

Research/Areas of Interest:

• U.S. national security policy
• International Relations theory
• Proliferation/Counterproliferation
• Homeland security
• Contemporary military strategy
• Missile defense issues
• Crisis management

Education

• BA, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, United States
• MA, University of Pennsylvania, United States
• PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States

Tufts University Appointments

• Professor Emeritus
  Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1 Oct 2020 - present
• Professor
  Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 8 Dec 1977 - present
• Shelby Cullom Davis Professorship of International Security Studies
  Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1 Sep 1983 - 30 Sep 2020
• Associate Professor
  Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1 Sep 1971 - 7 Dec 1977

Academic Positions

• Honorary Professor
  University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom 1992 - 1997
• Co-Director, International Summer Course
  Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany 1982 - 1993
• Visitin Professor
  National Defense College, Japan 1981 - 1981

Non-academic Positions

• Member, International Security Advisory Board
  U.S. Department of State 2006 - 2009
• President
  United States Strategic Institute 1977 - 1979
• Director
  Foreign Policy Research Institute 1973 - 1976
• Deputy Director
  Foreign Policy Research Institute 1971 - 1973
• Visiting Lecturer
  U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute 1970 - 1971