Barry R. Schneider has served as a professor at the Air War College since September 1993 and Director of the USAF Counterproliferation Center since 1998. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. He currently serves in the AWC Department of Warfighting. He is the author of Future War and Counterproliferation: US Military Responses to NBC Threats and has edited and contributed to six other books. He has authored over 120 articles, book chapters, and contract studies. He has previously worked as a Foreign Affairs Officer (GS-14) and Political Affairs Officer at the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, has served as a congressional staff member, defense analyst for several defense contractors, and has taught at a number of other institutions of higher learning including Wabash College, University of Maryland, Purdue, Indiana University, and American University. His areas of expertise include nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare threats and countermeasures.