The full Peterson Air Force Base Press Release can be found HERE.

This comes on the heels of Professor Moltz receiving in December the 2015 Menneken Faculty Research Award for Significant and Sustained COntributions.  Professor Moltz is one of the leading national and international experts in the fields of space and nuclear policy, having published eight books and over 50 articles and book chapters. He holds a dual appointment as a Professor in the Department of National Security Affairs and the Space Systems Academic Group, integrating his deep technical and scientific knowledge of space management with a rigorous social scientific analysis of space politics and security. In 2008, he published The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests. An authoritative political history of the first 50 years of international space activity, it offered a conceptual framework for viewing the emerging threat posed by orbital space debris. In 2012, he published Asia’s Space Race: National Motivations, Regional Rivalries, and International Risks. This was a first-of-its-kind study examining the implications of Asia’s emergence as a major spacefaring region. Drawing on fieldwork in a number of Asian capitals, his study covered the history and current trends among Asia’s four main space powers—China, India, Japan, and South Korea—as well as 10 other emerging Asian space-faring countries. His most recent book—Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space—highlights the challenges of 21st century space governance caused by the technological diffusion and the growing problem of space traffic management. Prof. Moltz’s unique ability to bridge political and technical subjects of relevance to U.S. national defense has helped him attract $14 million in reimbursable funding from government sponsors since 2007. His contributions extend well beyond NPS. Prof. Moltz has been an advisor to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the State Department, the NASA-Ames Research Center, and the U.S. Department of Energy, and a large number of U.S. Navy commands, and he has given expert testimony to the U.S. Congress and the Department of Energy’s Advisory Committee. His commentaries have appeared in such periodicals as Aviation Week and Space Technology, the Los Angeles Times, Nature, the New York Times, and Scientific American. From 1993-98, he served as the founding editor of the journal The Nonproliferation Review. Prof. Moltz received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989.