Lieutenant Colonel Paul A. Lushenko
Department of Government
Cornell University
Publications
REFERRED JOURNAL ARTICLES:
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“The High Value of Targeting: A Conceptual Model for Using HVT against a Networked Enemy.” Defence Studies, 12:3 (September 2012), pp. 413-433.
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“Back to the Future: Managing Training to ‘Win in a Complex World.’” Military Review, 95:1 (January-February 2015), pp. 52-61.
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“Reconsidering the Theory and Practice of High Value Targeting.” Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis, 7:7 (August 2015), pp. 23-30.
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“COINing an Ethical Dilemma: The Impunity of Afghanistan’s Indigenous Security Forces.” Journal of Military Ethics, 14:3-4 (October-December 2015), pp. 272-275.
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“Panjwai: A Tale of Two COINs in Afghanistan.” Small Wars & Insurgencies, 27:1 (February 2016), pp. 106-131.
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“China, the United States, and the Future of Regional Security Order–An Unhappy Coexistence.” Asian Security, 12:1 (January-April 2016), pp. 1-28.
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“Binary Bullets: The Ethics of Cyberwarfare.” Journal of Military Ethics, 15:1 (May 2016), pp. 69-73.
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“Defeating the Islamic State: Reconciling Pressure and Precision High Value Targeting.” Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis, 8:9 (September 2016), pp. 10-16.
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“The 75th Ranger Regiment Military Intelligence Battalion: Modernizing for Multi-Domain Battalion.” Military Review, 98:4 (July-August 2018), pp. 6-17.
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“Conceptualizing Conflict in the Gray Zone: A Comparative Analysis of Diplomatic, Military, and Political Lenses.” International Journal of Law and Political Sciences, 12:11 (2018).
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“ISIS-K: Deadly Nuisance or Strategic Threat?” Small Wars & Insurgencies, 30:2 (May 2019), pp. 265-278.
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“IS-K: Defeating the New Central and South Asia Jihad.” Texas National Security Review (August 13, 2019).
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“Asymmetric Killing: Risk Avoidance, Just War, and the Warrior Ethos.” Journal of Military Ethics, 19:1 (May 2020), pp 77-81.
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“Review of the special issue ‘robotics autonomous systems and warfare,’ Small Wars and Insurgencies 31, 4 June 2020.” Small Wars & Insurgencies 32: 3 (2021), pp. 550-570.
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"U.S. Presidents' Uses of Drone Warfare." Defense & Security Analysis (forthcoming).
NON-REFERRED JOURNAL ARTICLES:
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“Partnership ‘Till it Hurts: The Use of Fusion cells to Establish Unity of Effort Between SOF (Yin) and Conventional Forces (Yang).” Small Wars Journal (May 2010).
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“Intellectualizing the US Army’s Rebalance within Asia.” Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 40:3 (July-September 2014), pp. 53-57.
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“Capabilities Sets: Refining the U.S. Army’s Rebalance to Asia.” Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 41:4 (December 2015), pp. 30-36.
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“The 75th Ranger Regiment Military Intelligence Battalion: Modernizing for Multi-Domain Battalion.” Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 45:2 (April-June 2019), pg. 14-24.
BOOKS CHAPTERS:
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“High Value Targeting and International Society’s ‘Warfare Trap.’” Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, forthcoming).
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“Blending Counterinsurgency to Defeat Hybrid Threats.” Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, forthcoming).
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"Conceptualizing Global Order in an Era of Remote Warfare." Drones and Global Order: Implications of remote warfare on international society (Routledge, forthcoming).
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"A Syncretic Interpretation of Drone Warfare." Drones and Global Order: Implications of remote warfare on international society (Routledge, forthcoming).
BOOKS:
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Drones and Global Order: Implications of remote warfare on international society (London: Routledge, 2021, co-edited with Professor William Maley and Senior Lecturer Srinjoy Bose).
OPINION PIECES, PEER REVIEWED BLOGS, POLICY BRIEFS:
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“The answers for Afghanistan are pretty damn simple – and here they are guys.” Best Defense (September 28, 2010).
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“Rebalancing the US Army Towards Asia.” Asia Pacific Bulletin, 244 (December 05, 2013).
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“The real question isn’t naval presence but how to best empower U.S. partners in Asia.” Best Defense (August 15, 2014).
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“Asia-Pacific Strategic Rebalancing Aided by Wider Use of Regionally Aligned Forces.” Army Magazine, 65:5 (May 2015), pp. 24-25.
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“PACOM’s Role in Sustaining Indo-Asia-Pacific Security.” Asia Pacific Bulletin, 328 (November 4, 2015).
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“Sponsoring Asia-Pacific Security: PACOM's Role in Reconciling Bilateral and Multilateral Security Structures.” Defense Technical Information Center (May 2016).
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“Is PACOM Preparing for the Right Security Challenges?” Real Clear Defense (March 01, 2016).
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“Mission Command: Addressing the Cause and Effect of Leadership Challenges.” Modern War Institute (March 07, 2016).
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“Modernizing for Multidomain Battle: Rangers Retool With Provisional MI Battalion.” Army Magazine, 68:4 (April 2018), pp. 20-22.
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“The Islamic State in the Khorasan Province: Afghanistan’s new Salafist Jihadism.” Middle East Institute (October 19, 2018).
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“Modernizing Army Intelligence for Multi-Domain Operations.” Army Magazine, 69:11 (November 2019), pg. 30-34.
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"Warfighters in Ivory Towers: Does The US Army Need Officers with Doctoral Degrees?" Modern War Institute (July 08, 2020).
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“Fighting for Intelligence at Cornell University: The U.S. Army’s Approach to Building Strategic Thinkers and Leaders.” Cornell Policy Review (October 02, 2020).
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"The U.S. Army and the Future of U.S. Cyberwarfare." Cornell Policy Review (March 02, 2021).