Speakers

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

Rhea Law, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息President

Eric Eisenberg

Eric Eisenberg, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Interim Provost and Executive Vice President

Frank McKenzie

General (Ret.) Frank McKenzie, Executive Director, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Global & National Security Institute (GNSI), and former Commander, U.S. Central Command

, Commander, U.S. Central Command

Marshall Billingslea

, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, and Former Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control

Randy Larsen

Dr. Randy Larsen, Associate Dean, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Office of Research and Scholarship

Adib Farhadi

Conference Emcee: Dr. Adib Farhadi
新澳门六合彩内幕信息Faculty Director of Executive Education & Assistant Professor  


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

Golfo Alexopoulos

Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos, Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息College of Arts and Sciences; Director of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Nicolas Homan

Director, CENTCOM J2

Philip Kosnett

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

Dmitry Gorenburg

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

Michael O. Slobodchikoff

Chair/Associate Professor of Political Science, Troy University 

Hans Wechsel

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


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

Andrew Whiskeyman

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

Marshall Billingslea

, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, and Former Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control

Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw, Director, CENTCOM J3

Jonathan Schroden

, Director, Countering Threats and Challenges Program, CNA

Matthew Donahue

, Former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Deputy Chief of Operations and Chief of Foreign Operations