Lamont Colucci

Dr. Lamont Colucci is the inaugural Director of Doctrine Development for the United States Space Force, and a Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council currently on leave while serving in the U.S. Government.

A professor of politics and government at Ripon College, Dr. Colucci has experience as a professional diplomat at the U.S. Department of State. At Ripon, he is the coordinator of the National Security Studies program and teaches courses on national security, foreign policy, intelligence, terrorism, and international relations.

Dr. Colucci has published three books, including a two-volume series entitled "The National Security Doctrines of the American Presidency: How they Shape our Present and Future," and co-authored another two. An occasional columnist for the Washington Times, National Review, Weekly Standard, and Defense News, among others, he contributes to U.S. Air Force/Space Command/Space Force publications and conferences concerning space strategy.

Dr. Colucci was the 2012 Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria, and has been the recipient of Ripon's Severy Excellence in Teaching Award and the Underkofler Outstanding Teaching Award. He is a Senior Advisor in National Security for Contingent Security, and is Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs to the NATO-oriented Conference of Defence Associations Institute.

He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a doctorate in politics from the University of London, England.