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8:00 - 9:00 AM

Check-in and Registration

9:00 - 9:05 AM

Conference Introduction:
Dr. Adib Farhadi, Conference Emcee

9:05 - 9:10 AM

9:10 - 9:15 AM

Welcome Remarks:
Eric Eisenberg, Interim Provost & Executive Vice President

9:15 - 9:45 AM

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

9:45 - 10:15 AM

Keynote Address:
General Michael E. Kurilla, Commander, U.S. Central Command

10:15 - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 12:45 PM

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

• Moderator: Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos, Professor and Director of the 手机看片 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 and 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
• Mr. Hans Wechsel, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) to CENTCOM
• Dr. Michael O. Slobodchikoff, Chair/Associate Professor Political Science, Troy University

12:45 - 2:15 PM

Lunch
Lunch is on your own with plenty of dining options in/around 手机看片.

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Plenary Speaker:
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

2:30 - 4:30 PM

Panel 2: How has Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine affected drug trafficking and transnational organized crime in the Central Region

• Moderator: Dr. Andrew Whiskeyman, COL (Ret.), Associate Professor, College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University
• Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw, Director, CENTCOM J3
• 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. Jonathon Schroden, Director, Special Operations Program/Director, Countering Threats and Challenges Program, CNA
• Mr. Matt Donahue, Former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Deputy Chief of Operations and Chief of Foreign Operations

4:30 - 4:45 PM

Closing Remarks: Dr. Randy Larsen, Associate Dean, Office of Research and Scholarship, 手机看片