Paul ShemellaCaptain Paul Shemella retired from the Navy at the end of 1996 after a career in Special Operations. During his military service, he planned and executed counter terrorism and counter narcotics operations in Latin America, Europe, and other regions. e earned a master's degree in national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a Senior Fellow in National Security. Captain Shemella joined The Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) in 1998. Until 2014, he was the CCMR Program Manager for the 'Combating Terrorism Fellowship' program (CTFP), focusing on civil-military responses to terrorism and maritime violence. Captain Shemella was the CCMR program manager for Africa until retiring in 2015 and now serves as Lecturer Emeritus. He is the editor and principal author of two books published by Stanford University Press-Fighting Back: What Governments Can Do About Terrorism and Global Responses to Maritime Violence: Cooperation and Collective Action. Read More Read Less