Nathan K. Finney is an Army Strategist (FA59) currently serving as a special assistant to the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Nate was a founding executive board member of the Military Writers Guild, as well as a founder of The Strategy Bridge and the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum.  Nate is a managing editor at the British Journal for Military History, a senior mentor for the Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS) at the College of William & Mary, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Nate is the co-editor and author of the book Redefining the Modern Military: The Intersection of Profession and Ethics, and the editor and author of On Strategy: A Primer. He earned a Ph.D. in History at Duke University in 2022 while also serving as a Goodpaster Scholar and his dissertation, “‘All War Arrangements are but Schools in Patience’: The North Carolina Council of Defense and the Associational State, 1917-1919” is under contract with Cornell University Press, exploring the creation, structure, activities, and impact of a key institution in the mobilization of the United States for the First World War, and ultimately the nature of American governance during wartime.  Nate is currently researching his second book, which focuses on Cold War Taiwan.