Ajit Maan, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO

Ajit Maan, Ph.D. is a security and defense policy analyst and a specialist in narrative strategies in radicalization processes.

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She is Professor of Practice at the Center for the Future of War and Member of the Brain Trust of the Weaponized Narrative Initiative at Arizona State University, as well as Affiliate Faculty at George Mason University's Center for Narrative Conflict Resolution.

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She is the author of seven books including Internarrative Identity: Placing the Self,  Counter-Terrorism: Narrative Strategies, Narrative Warfare, Plato's Fear and Co-Editor of Soft Power on Hard Problems: Strategic Influence in Irregular Warfare. Her articles have appeared in Foreign Policy, The Strategy Bridge,  Small Wars Journal,  Real Clear Defense, Stars and Stripes, The Indian Defense Review, Indian Military Review, Defense,  Intelligence Norway, and other policy and military strategy journals

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Howard Gambrill Clark, Ph.D. 

President

Howard Gambrill Clark, Ph.D. has specialized in influence strategies and psychological warfare for over 22 years. He is now the president of Narrative Strategies, where he teaches and researches the fields of strategic influence, psychological warfare, counterterrorism, and countering violent extremism. 

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Paul Cobaugh

Vice President

Mr. Paul Cobaugh retired from the US Army as a Warrant Officer after a distinguished career in the US Special Operations CT community, primarily focused on mitigating adversarial influence and advancing US objectives by way of influence. Post military career he accepted the position of VP at Narrative Strategies.

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Christopher Holshek

Civil-Military Director

International peace and security consultant, Civil-Military Director at Narrative Strategies, Civil-Military Advisor for the Alliance for Peacebuilding, and U.S. Global Leadership Coalition “Veteran for Smart Power.”

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Brian L. Steed, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow

Brian L. Steed, Ph.D.  is currently an assistant professor of Military History and a retired US Army Middle East Foreign Area Officer. He served eight and a half consecutive years in the Middle East including an assignment as an officer in the Jordanian Armed Forces.

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Alan Malcher

Team

Alan Malcher is a social and cultural analyst with interests in the cognitive components associated with asymmetric conflicts and non-linear warfare.

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Scott Mann

Team

Lt. Col. (Retired) Scott Mann is a US Army Green Beret who spent 18 of his 23 years of service in Special Forces.  He was Interagency Task Force Leader, USSOCOM, and was one of the architects of the Afghan Village Stability Program, chronicled in his award winning book, Game Changers; Going local to Defeat Violent Extremists

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Patrick Christian, Ph.D.

Senior Field Research

Psychoanalytical Anthropologist

Dr Patrick James Christian is a psychoanalytical anthropologist specializing in the psychopathology of violent ethnic and cultural conflicts. He is an adjunct professor at USSOCOM’s Joint Special Operations University and the managing partner of Valka-Mir Human Security R&D

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Arturo Muñoz, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor

Dr. Muñoz is a highly regarded former senior CIA officer, academic, and Subject Matter Expert. In the Directorate of Intelligence, Dr. Muñoz contributed to National Intelligence Estimates. In 2009, Muñoz retired overtly from the CIA and works in the private sector as a Senior Political Scientist for RAND Corporation.

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Montgomery McFate, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor

Dr. Montgomery ‘Mitzy’ McFate is a cultural anthropologist who works on defense and national security issues. Currently, she is a professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Jennifer Bryson, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor

Jennifer S. Bryson is Director of Operations and Development at the Center for Islam and Religious Freedom (CIRF) in Washington, DC. She has been teaching part-time at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA since 2010. She serves on the Advisory Council of the Center for Women, Faith, and Leadership at the Institute for Global Engagement.

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Judy Philipson, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Fellow

Judy Philipson, Ph.D. is a senior behavioral scientist and intelligence analyst specializing in threat detection, risk assessment, social communications, influence operations, and research methodology.  She applies psychological theories and principles of behavior, cognition, social influence, and linguistics to detect, prevent, mitigate, and counter criminal, terrorist, and insider threats in cyber and real-world environments. 

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J. Edward Fox

Senior Associate Fellow

The Honorable J. Edward Fox is the president of Fox & Associates, a public policy and government affairs consulting firm in Washington, DC. Prior to the firm's founding in 2009, Fox had served for over 30 years in a variety of senior United States Government positions in the national security, foreign policy, and development policy areas in both the Executive and Legislative Branches of the US government.

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Thomas A. Drohan. Ph.D.

Senior Associate Fellow

Dr. Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D. is a senior leader and advisor with unrivaled cultural and analytical skills, strategic focus, and commitment to excellence. He seeks to understand complex operations and related national security threats, opportunities and challenges and collaboratively tailors alternative strategies for different contexts. Dr. Drohan is Director of International ISR Education and Training at JMark Services in Colorado Springs.

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Kevin Ofchus

Associate Fellow

Kevin Ofchus is a former Supervisory Special Agent in the Department of Justice with the DEA, Department of Defense Subject Matter Expert (SME) and founder of Host Nation Perspectives SouthWest Asia. Over the last decade his projects covered a comprehensive range of subject matter to include counter insurgency, post conflict stabilization, and counter-violent extremism efforts within the host nation government(s) via the United States Department of Justice, Defense and State, USAID, and the Intelligence Community.

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