Brian L. Steed is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel with more than thirty two years of civilian and uniformed experience in artillery, armor, cavalry (reconnaissance and security), international engagement, and professional military education. He is a practitioner, student, and writer of military theory, Middle East culture, and history.
The views expressed are those of the speaker and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
00:22: Brian introduction
01:33: 9/11 story
05:23: Foreign area officer, Middle East experience
09:30: Debating the center of gravity for ISIS
10:45: Big ideas of Narrative War
13:40: Narrative space as a geological metaphor: space, terrain, landscape, shape
16:33: Narrative War well
20:13: Narrative War is how our opponents fight
21:20: The narrative environment: transient, enduring, societal
25:25: Narrative entrepreneur, governments, and political campaigns
27:55: Explaining how the Taliban navigated the Afghan societal narrative
31:26: TikTok as a mechanism to make Americans hate and fight each other
31:53: All war issues are domestic
33:39: Currencies of Narrative war
36:60: Proactive story vs. counter-narrative
37:53: Operations orders as stories
41:04: Rules of Social Conflict
44:26: Consolidation of gains
46:52: Narrative Space Terrain
51:20: Narrative strategy: Domestic, Expeditionary, Third Party, Great Power
54:05: Narrative strategy during IPOE and Mission Analysis
59:00: Brian's contact information
Referenced in this episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O%27Neill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016%E2%80%932017)
https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-breaks-through-trolling-trump-his-own-meme-game-2114281
https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/Article/607722/three-approaches-to-center-of-gravity-analysis-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-th/
https://www.understandingwar.org/jaysh-al-mahdihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX_NZtMDd3A
