Founder
Dr.Michael
E. Salla, is a pioneer in the development of 'Exopolitics', the political
study of the key actors, institutions and processes associated with
extraterrestrial life. His interest in exopolitics evolved out of his
investigation of the sources of international conflict and its relationship
to an extraterrestrial presence that is not acknowledged to the general
public, elected officials or even senior military officials. His groundbreaking
Exopolitics:
Political Implications of the Extraterrestrial Presence (Dandelion
Books, 2004) was the first published book on exopolitics and explained
the political implications of extraterrestrial life. His more recent,
Exposing U.S. Government Policies
on Extraterrestrial Life (Exopolitics Institute, 2009) takes
exopolitics to a new level of sophistication by revealing how the world's
most powerful nation secretly manages information concerning extraterrestrial
life and technology.
Dr. Salla is an internationally recognized scholar in international
politics, conflict resolution and US foreign policy, and is the author/editor
of an additional four books including The
Hero's Journey Toward a Second American Century (Greenwood
Press, 2002); Essays
on Peace (Central Queensland University Press, 1995); Why
the Cold War Ended
(Greenwood Press, 1995); and Islamic Radicalism, Muslim Nations
and the West (1993). He has also authored more than seventy articles,
chapters, and book reviews on peace, ethnic conflict and conflict resolution.
He has held academic appointments in the School
of International Service & the Center
for Global Peace, American University, Washington DC (1996-2004);
the Department of
Political Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
(1994-96); and the Elliott
School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington
D.C., (2002). He has a Ph.D in Government
from the University of Queensland, Australia, and an M.A.
in Philosophy from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has conducted
research and fieldwork in the ethnic conflicts in East Timor, Kosovo,
Macedonia, and Sri Lanka, and organized peacemaking initiatives involving
mid to high level participants from these conflicts.
Dr. Salla founded the Exopolitics Institute (2005) and the Exopolitics Journal (2006). He has co-organized four international conferences on extraterrestrial life and Eath Transformation on the Big Island of Hawaii. Dr Salla has appeared in hundreds of radio and television shows and international conferences for his research on exopolitics and international conflict. A list of his exopolitics interviews and conference papers appears here. A copy of Dr Salla's curriculum vitae listing his academic publications, appointments and interviews is available here. His former academic website is available here.