Pauline Shanks Kaurin is a professor in the College of Leadership and Ethics, and the Admiral James B. Stockdale Chair in Professional Military Ethics. She holds a doctorate in Philosophy from Temple University and specializes in military ethics, just war theory, philosophy of law and applied ethics. Previously, she served as associate professor at Pacific Lutheran University, and her most recent publication is Achilles Goes Asymmetrical: The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare (Routledge 2014.) She served as a featured contributor for The Strategy Bridge and has published with Clear Defense, The Wavell Room, Newsweek and Just Security.