Barry M. Blechman 

BARRY M. BLECHMAN is president of DFI International and chairman of the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington, D.C., where he works on finding and promoting innovative solutions to the security challenges confronting the United States and other nations in the twenty‑fast century. His current work also includes analyzing markets and financial conditions affecting U.S. and foreign industry and advising companies on growth opportunities in the defense, aerospace and electronics industries. Dr. Blechman has also worked with senior U.S. government officials and is a frequent consultant to Department of Defense agencies. He recently served on the Rumsfeld Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States. He has served as assistant director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, directed the defense analysis staff at the Brookings Institution, and taught at the Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, and the University of Michigan. Among his publications are Force without War (1978), Rethinking the US. Strategic Posture (1982), and Preventing Nuclear War: A Realistic Approach (1985). He holds a masters degree from New York University and a Ph.D. in international relations from Georgetown University.