Dr. Dziedzic is a program officer in the Research and Studies Program and a specialist on peace and stability operations. A retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, Mr. Dziedzic was a senior military fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, where he focused on peace operations, Latin American regional security affairs, and transnational security threats. During his 30-year career with the Air Force, he served in a variety of capacities, including professor of national security studies at the National War College, strategic military planner for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, political-military planner at the Pentagon, air attaché at the United States Embassy in El Salvador, and visiting fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Publications include: The Quest for Viable Peace: International Intervention and Strategies for Conflict Transformation, Policing the New World Disorder: Peace Operations and Public Safety, and Mexico: Converging Challenges.