Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Current is a PhD student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and an active duty Army Strategic Intelligence Officer. She is pursuing a PhD under the Army's Advanced Strategic Planning and Policy PhD Fellowship program. Amanda spent the first ten years of her Army career as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot and served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Prior to arriving at Fletcher, she spent four years at U.S. Cyber Command where she held positions at multiple echelons of the organization, culminating as the Commander’s senior representative to a key partner in the U.S. intelligence community. 

Amanda's research interest is derived from her practical experience as an intelligence officer in the national security enterprise. Her interests include cyber security and U.S. statecraft, policymaking and grand strategy.