Dr. Adib Farhadi is an Assistant Professor and Faculty Director of the Executive Education Program at the University of South Florida. His research focuses on the intersection of geoeconomics, geopolitics, and religion & conflict, with a particular focus on the Great Power Competition in the "Silk Road" Central and South Asia (CASA) region. Dr. Farhadi also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of The Great Power Competition peer-reviewed book series and leads the Great Power Competition Initiative—a collaborative program between USF and the National Defense University Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, aimed at providing a broader understanding of the geopolitical challenges facing the United States in the 21st Century.Formerly Dr. Farhadi served in senior positions for Afghanistan and extensively advised the United States government and various other international organizations. He is a frequent presenter on religion, conflict & peacebuilding, greatpower competition, countering violent extremism (CVE), and geoeconomics of the CASA region. Dr. Farhadi earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Canberra, M.A. from New York University, and B.S. from East Carolina University.Dr. Mark Grzegorzewski is an Assistant Professor of cybersecurity at Embry Riddle University-Daytona in the Security Studies and International Affairs Department. He is also an Army Cyber Institute Fellow and is affiliated with the Joint Special Operations University, the Irregular Warfare Center, and the National Intelligence University. His recent publications include: “911? We Have an Emergency: Cyberattacks On Emergency Response Systems,” "Cybersecurity and Strategic Deterrence: Changing Adversary’s Risk Versus Reward Calculations,” “In Search of Security: Understanding the Motives Behind Iran’s Cyber-Enabled Influence Campaigns,” “Why the United States Must Win the Artificial Intelligence Race,” "Technology Adoption in Unconventional Warfare,” and “Incorporating the Cyberspace Domain: How Russia And China Exploit Asymmetric Advantages in Great Power Competition.” Dr. Grzegorzewski worked for over 10 years in the Department of Defense, 7 of those years at U.S. Special Operations Command. He holds a Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Government from the University of South Florida, along with a graduate certificate in Globalization Studies.Dr. Anthony Masys is Affiliate Associate Professor and former Director of Global Disaster Management, Humanitarian Assistance and Homeland Security. A former senior Air Force Officer, Dr. Masys has a B.Sc. in Physics and M.Sc. in Underwater Acoustics and Oceanography from the Royal Military College of Canada. Dr. Masys holds a Ph.D. from the University of Leicester. He is Editor in Chief for the Springer Publishing book series Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications and holds various advisory board positions with academic journals and books series.Dr. Masys is Internationally Recognized Author, Speaker, and Facilitator and has held workshops on security, visual thinking, design thinking, and systems thinking in Europe, Canada, South America, West Africa, and Asia. He has published extensively in the domains of physics and the social sciences. Dr. Masys is Visiting Professor at the International Centre for Policing and Security University of South Wales.
