Lt. Col. Paul Lushenko is the chief strategist for the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office. Previously, he served as an assistant professor and director of special operations at the U.S. Army War College. He deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a 2005 honors graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, and holds a doctorate in international relations from Cornell University, New York. He is the co-author of The Legitimacy of Drone Warfare: Evaluating Public Perceptions.