Lt Col Paul Sebold, USAF, was selected as the top graduate from National Defense University’s Eisenhower School at Ft. McNair, Washington, DC, on June 7th, 2018. Lt Col Sebold studied at St. Petersburg State University in St. Petersburg, Russia as an Olmsted Scholar in the Class of 2007. Lt Col Sebold was awarded an MS in National Resource Strategy, completing an in-depth study of the Information and Communication Technology sector of the world economy. His independent research focused on advances in Chinese surveillance technology and artificial intelligence and involved travel to Silicon Valley, China, and Korea. Lt Col Sebold will now move forward to USEUCOM J5P, Stuttgart to work contingency plans.