Peter L. Hays currently teaches graduate courses at George Washington University. He is an advisor for the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Prague Security Studies Institute, and Aerospace Security and Missile Defense Projects at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Previously, he was a senior space policy advisor in the Pentagon and at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Dr. Hays previously taught at the USAF Academy, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, National Defense University, and School of Advanced Warfighting. He also served at the Office of Science and Technology Policy and at the National Space Council. Dr. Hays earned a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School and was an Honor Graduate of the USAF Academy. Major publications include Handbook of Space Security, Space and Security, and Toward a Theory of Spacepower.