Dr. Finel is Professor of Military Strategy and Operations at the U.S. National War College. He was Executive Director of the Security Studies Program and the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University from 2002 to 2004 and Associate Director of the SSP from 1997 to 2001 as well as a member of the core faculty of the program from 1997 to 2004. Dr. Finel's research focuses on use of force issues, weapons proliferation, international transparency, and international relations theory. Dr. Finel served on the governing council of the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association from 1999 to 2002, and is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London). Dr. Finel's work has been published in numerous journals, including Aerospace Power Journal, International Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, and International Security. He is co-editor and co-author of Power and Conflict in the Age of Transparency and Ultimate Security: Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction. He is currently working on a book on America's use of force in the modern world.