LTC Paul Lushenko

Chief Strategist, Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF 401)

U.S. Department of War (DOW)

Paul Lushenko is a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and serves as the Chief Strategist for
the Joint Interagency Task Force 401. He is also an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army War
College, Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University, Senior Fellow at Cornell
University’s Tech Policy Institute and Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, and Non-Resident
Expert at RegulatingAI. His work lies at the intersection of emerging technologies, politics, and
national security, and he also researches the implications of great power competition for regional and
global order-building. Paul is the author and editor of three books, including Drones and Global Order:
Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society (2022), The Legitimacy of Drone Warfare: Evaluating
Public Perceptions (2024), and Afghanistan and International Relations (2025). Paul has written extensively
on emerging technologies and war, publishing in academic journals, policy journals, and media
outlets such as Security Studies, Foreign Affairs, and The Washington Post. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A.
in International Relations from Cornell University. He also holds an M.A. in Defense and Strategic
Studies from the U.S. Naval War College, an M.A. in International Relations and a Master of
Diplomacy from The Australian National University, and a B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy.

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