Proponent for maneuver in the narrative space. An approach to use of narrative that places emphasis on understanding the development of narrative space – the cognitive landscape – to enable an actor to appreciate obstacles and opportunities and take advantage of changes in the landscape to influence partners and opponents in competition and conflict.Strategic security consultant with more than thirteen years of experience assisting senior level US and foreign leaders. An applied historian with seven of eight books focused on using historical analysis to inform current and future decisions. A cross-cultural specialist with eight and a half years living and serving abroad and four and a half of those years serving in or closely with foreign militaries. A military theorist who originated concepts for cross-cultural competency and for conceptualizing current conflict environment. A thinker and communicator who originates solutions to complex problems and communicates those solutions so that they are easily understandable for a lay person.