GNSI Newsletter


June 7, 2023 // Issue 3

GNSI Policy Dialogues: Hunger Dialogues. Expert analysis and masterful ideas.

The first GNSI Policy Dialogues was a masterful gathering of experts and leaders to discuss the weaponization of hunger around the globe and ways to amplify the growing global resistance to the practice.


Conference Recap

University of South Florida Welcomed into the AAU

Did you know that 60% of Fortune 100 CEO's graduate from Association of American University institutions? USF becomes just the 71st member of the most prestigious association in higher education.

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GNSI Decision Brief: Should the U.S. Continue Providing War Aid to Ukraine?


As the war in Ukraine continues to cause global upheaval, the debate escalates in the U.S. about the continuance of aid to Ukraine.


GNSI Decision Brief

Dr. Chase Sova, Senior Director at the World Food Program USA and lead author of that group's latest watershed report, Dangerously Hungry.

Sova was a featured speaker at the recent GNSI Policy Dialogues: Hunger as a Weapon and stopped by our studios to speak to us about the link between food insecurity and conflict and WFP's latest report, "Dangerously Hungry."


GNSI Speaker Series: Episode 2

A Great Read from our Executive Director

"In the Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George Schultz." Executive Director, General (Ret) Frank McKenzie calls George Schultz a remarkable individual who had a profound impact on the modern history of the United States.

Author Philip Taubman WaPo Review

Other stories of interest:

  • Upcoming calendar of GNSI Events. Read More.
  • GNSI Faculty Advisor and IREES Director, Dr. Golfo Alexopolous, wins prestigious grant from the US DOD. Read More.
  • International Committee of the Red Cross issues a policy briefing regarding Food Security and Armed Conflict. Read More.
  • Cyber Florida launched the Seed Fund Pilot Program, a new initiative to support Florida-based researchers and entrepreneurs. Read More.
  • USF will offer an AI Graduate Certificate Program to boost local tech worker pipeline. Read More.

"We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine gun."

-- George Orwell, Author, Filmmaker

Interested in having General McKenzie speak at your event?


General (Ret) Frank McKenzie is the Executive Director of GNSI, as well as the Florida Center for Cybersecurity. He's the former commander of the U.S. Central Command and retired in 2022 after a 42-year career with the United States Marine Corps. Full bio.


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