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Peter D. Feaver is a widely-read expert on issues of nuclear proliferation, civil-military relations, information warfare, and U.S. national security. He is currently Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS). Feaver is author of many books, including Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations and Guarding the Guardians: Civilian Control of Nuclear Weapons in the United States. Feaver is also a dedicated teacher, and he won the Duke Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2001 and the Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award in 1995. In 1993- 94, Feaver served as Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council at the White House where his responsibilities included counterproliferation policy, regional nuclear arms control, the national security strategy review, and other defense policy issues. He is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve (IRR).