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Conference Speakers & Panelists

The Great Power Competition Conference invites scholars and thought leaders from around the world to examine topics critical to U.S. national security. Check back frequently as we update speaker information based on availability.

Speakers

Rhea Law, USF President

Eric Eisenberg, USF Interim Provost and Executive Vice President

General (Ret.) Frank McKenzie, Executive Director, USF Global & National Security Institute (GNSI), and former Commander, U.S. Central Command

General Michael E. Kurilla, Commander, U.S. Central Command

Ambassador and Former Assistant Secretary at the Department of Treasury Marshall Billingslea, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, and Former Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control

Dr. Randy Larsen, Associate Dean, USF Office of Research and Scholarship

Conference Emcee: Dr. Adib Farhadi
USF Faculty Director of Executive Education & Assistant Professor

Panel 1: Understanding Russia’s strategy in the Central Region (Middle East and Central Asia) post-Ukraine invasion

Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos, Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, USF College of Arts and Sciences; Director of the USF Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Rear Adm. Nicholas Homan, Director, CENTCOM J2

Ambassador (Ret.) Philip Kosnett, Former Ambassador to Kosovo and Senior Fellow for the Transatlantic Defense & Security program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg, Center Associate at Harvard University, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Senior Research Scientist, CNA

Dr. Michael O. Slobodchikoff, Chair/Associate Professor of Political Science, Troy University

Mr. Hans Wechsel, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) to CENTCOM

Understanding Russia’s strategy in the Central Region (Middle East and Central Asia) post-Ukraine invasion

Dr. Andrew Whiskeyman, COL (Ret.), Associate Professor, College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University

Ambassador and Former Assistant Secretary at the Department of Treasury Marshall Billingslea, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, and Former Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control

Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw, Director, CENTCOM J3

Dr. Jonathan Schroden, Director, Countering Threats and Challenges Program, CNA

Mr. Matt Donahue, Former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Deputy Chief of Operations and Chief of Foreign Operations