Great Power Competition Volume 6

Dr. Adib Farhadi is a tenured Associate Professor of Peace & Conflict 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 and contributed research for the United States government, the United Nations, and other international organizations. He is a frequent presenter on religion, conflict and peacebuilding, Great Power Competition, Sustainable Development, Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), and the geoeconomics of the Middle East and CASA region.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 an 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 BSc in Physics and MSc 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 an internationally recognized author, speaker and facilitator and has held workshops onsecurity, 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. His recent books include:• Opening the Black Box of Human Error• Networks and Network Analysis for Defense and Security. Springer Publishing• Disaster Management- Enabling Resilience. Springer Publishing• Applications of Systems Thinking and Soft Operations Research for managing complexity. Springer Publishing• Exploring the Security Landscape - non-traditional security challenges. Springer Publishing.• Disaster Forensics: understanding root cause and complexity causality. Springer Publishing• Asia/Pacific Security challenges: managing black swans and persistent threats. Springer Publishing• Security by DesignDr. Masys is a visiting professor at the International Centre for Policing and Security University of South Wales.

• Rise of the Great Powers.- Rise of China’s Artificial Intelligence Industry.- China’s Path to Global Domination.- Cyber Dragon: Inside China's Information Warfare and Cyber Operations.- Twilight of the Idols: China’s Middle East Prowess and the Ukraine War.- Understanding the Great Power Competition between China and the U.S..- China’s “soft power” Strategic Influence in MENA.- The Rise of China.- China’s Growing Influence in Central Asia.- Understanding China-Iran Relations.- The Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Central Region.- Assessing China’s Economic Development Strategy in the Central Region.- The Geoeconomics of the Belt and Road Initiative.- The Rise of China’s Influence in the Central Region and U.S. National Security Implications.- China and Afghanistan: Neighbors Caught between Geoeconomics and Geopolitics.- Dragon over Trident: China's Rise after Ukraine in the Central Region.- The Russian-Chinees Strategic Alliance.- China’s Belt & Road and the Global Food Crisis.- The Era of TikTok in the Great Power Competition.- Religious Diplomacy and Great Power Competition: China’s BRI Brand in CASA.