Dr. James Clay Moltz is Associate Director and Research Professor at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, CA. He directs the Newly Independent States Nonproliferation Program (NISNP). He is a specialist in NIS nuclear issues, U.S.-Russian strategic arms control, space weapons/missile defense issues, nuclear submarines, and Northeast Asian proliferation issues (Russian Far East and North Korea). From 1993-98 he was the Founding Editor of The Nonproliferation Review and from 1996-2000 also of the web-based DPRK Report (on North Korean issues). His current research focuses on the politics of U.S. missile defense, space arms control, nuclear arms reductions, and nuclear submarine proliferation. Dr. Moltz is co-author of the book Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation, (ABC-CLIO Press, 2002), co-editor of The North Korean Nuclear Program: Security, Strategy and New Perspectives from Russia (Routledge, 2000), and author of numerous book chapters and articles in such journals as Arms Control Today, Asian Survey, Journal of East Asian Studies, NBR Analysis, The Nonproliferation Review, and World Politics. His Op-Eds have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.