Dr. Thomas C. Bruneau is Distinguished Professor of National Security Affairs in the School of International Graduate Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. After serving as Department Chairman from 1989 to 1995, he became Regional Director for Latin America at the school's Center for Civil–Military Relations, a post he has held since 1998. From 2000–2004, he was the Center's Director. Prior to joining the Naval Postgraduate School, he taught in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, from 1969–1987. In 2007, he became the first U.S. government employee to visit the headquarters of Mongolia's General Intelligence Agency, where, by invitation, he lectured its professional staff on aspects of intelligence reform. Dr. Bruneau has written extensively on the efforts to exert democratic control over intelligence organizations.