History of War

DRONES GONE GLOBAL Q&A WITH PAUL LUSHENKO

Special forces veteran and researcher Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Lushenko, currently a PhD student at Cornell University, discusses why historical experience, perceptions and technology are changing how military drones are used in different parts of the world. He is the coeditor of Drones and Global Order: Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society.

What made you interested in unmanned systems, and military UAVs in particular, in your journey as a scholar?

I graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2005 as a member of the ‘Class of 9/11’ and was commissioned as a military intelligence officer. After completing Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia, I was selected to serve in the 75th Ranger Regiment, which is the

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