Lamont Colucci

Dr. Lamont Colucci is the inaugural Director of Doctrine Development for the United States Space Force. He is also a member of the leadership team responsible for standing up Space Futures Command, focusing on strategic foresight and the forward operating environment.

Dr. Colucci has experience as a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State and is a Full Professor of Political Science at Concordia University. His primary areas of expertise include U.S. national security and foreign policy. He teaches courses on national security, foreign policy, intelligence, terrorism, spacepower, and international relations. He has published four books as the sole author: "Crusading Realism: The Bush Doctrine and American Core Values After 9/11," a two-volume series entitled "The National Security Doctrines of the American Presidency: How They Shape Our Present and Future," "The International Relations of the Bible," and "U.S. Space Force, Grand Strategy, and United States National Security." He was also a contributing author to three books: "The Day That Changed Everything: Looking at the Impact of 9/11 at the End of the Decade," "Homeland Security & Intelligence," and "The Next Space Race: A Blueprint for American Foreign Policy."

In 2012, Dr. Colucci was named a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a doctorate in politics from the University of London, England. Dr. Colucci has received several honors, including Ripon College's Severy Excellence in Teaching Award in 2007, the Underkofler Outstanding Teaching Award in 2010, and the National Significant Sig Award from the Sigma Chi Fraternity in 2015.

He regularly contributes to U.S. Air Force, Space Command, and Space Force publications and conferences on space strategy. Dr. Colucci is an occasional columnist for The Washington Times, National Review, Washington Examiner/Weekly Standard, The Hill, U.S. News & World Report, and Defense News, and a bi-monthly columnist for Newsmax. He is a member of the editorial board of World Affairs Journal.

He is a Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council and Senior Advisor in National Security for Contingent Security. He also serves as a National Security and Foreign Affairs Advisor to the NATO-oriented Conference of Defence Associations Institute. He is the co-founder and CEO of Space Fund Intelligence and, in 2018, was appointed to the National Task Force on National and Homeland Security.