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
![Frank McKenzie](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-mckenzie-frank-150.jpg)
General (Ret.) Frank McKenzie, Executive Director, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏGlobal & National Security Institute (GNSI), and former Commander, U.S. Central Command
, Commander, U.S. Central Command
![Marshall Billingslea](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-billingslea-marshall-150.png)
, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, and Former Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control
![Randy Larsen](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-larsen-randy-150.png)
Dr. Randy Larsen, Associate Dean, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏOffice of Research and Scholarship
![Adib Farhadi](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-farhadi-adib-150.png)
Conference Emcee: Dr. Adib Farhadi
ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏFaculty Director of Executive Education & Assistant Professor
Panel 1: Understanding Russia’s strategy in the Central Region (Middle East and Central Asia) post-Ukraine invasion
![Golfo Alexopoulos](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-alexopoulos-golfo-150.jpg)
Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos, Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Arts and Sciences; Director of the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏInstitute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies
![Nicolas Homan](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-homan-nicolas-150.jpg)
Director, CENTCOM J2
![Philip Kosnett](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-kosnett-phillip-150.jpg)
Former Ambassador to Kosovo and Senior Fellow for the Transatlantic Defense & Security program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
![Dmitry Gorenburg](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-gorenburg-dmitry.jpg)
, Center Associate at Harvard University, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Senior Research Scientist, CNA
![Michael O. Slobodchikoff](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-slobodchikoff-michael.jpg)
Chair/Associate Professor of Political Science, Troy University
![Hans Wechsel](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-wechsel-hans-150.png)
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
![Andrew Whiskeyman](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-whiskeyman-andrew.jpg)
, COL (Ret.), Associate Professor, College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University
![Marshall Billingslea](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-billingslea-marshall-150.png)
, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, and Former Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control
Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw, Director, CENTCOM J3
![Jonathan Schroden](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-schroden-jonathan-150.png)
, Director, Countering Threats and Challenges Program, CNA
![Matthew Donahue](/arts-sciences/great-power-competition/images/2022-donahue-matthew-150.jpg)
, Former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Deputy Chief of Operations and Chief of Foreign Operations