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In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks to Paul Lushenko, to discuss the broader implications of drone strikes in terms of politics and strategy, moral legitimacy of states’ use of drone warfare, and his new book, Drones and the Global Order, published in December 2021.  

Paul is a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and General Andrew Jackson Goodpaster Scholar at Cornell University, where he is pursuing a PhD in International Relations. After commissioning as a Military Intelligence Officer in 2005 from the United States Military Academy, he studied at The Australian National University as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and the U.S. Naval War College. He is also a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member and Adjunct Research Lecturer for the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security at Charles Sturt University.

Additional resources:

Lushenko, Bose, Maley eds - Drone and the Global Order- Implications for Remote Warfare for International Society, published Dec 2021
Lisa Parks  et al- Life in the Age of Drone Warfare, published 2017
Sarah Kreps - Drones :What Everyone needs to know, published 2016
Sarah Kreps and John Kagg  - Drone Warfare , published 2014
Jodok Troy et al - Transformation of Targeted Killing in International Order, published 2020
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Research & Politics

New York Times - Transcript of Obama's Speech on Drone Policy, 2013