Our conference report from GPC6, the nation's premier, ongoing conference for the Great Power Competition. This time, we're analyzing Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and Implications for the Central Region.

Russia's invasion has become the greatest war in Europe since WWII but its effects resonate far beyond that continent. In fact, the repercussions in the Greater Middle East may be felt for generations.

Conference Report

June 15 marked the one-year anniversary of the creation of the Global and National Security Institute at USF. Watch a special congratulations video.

GNSI Decision Brief: The National Guard's State Partnership Program is a pivotal tool for the U.S. in the Great Strategic Competition.

National Guard units have formed over 100 partnerships with foreign military forces to date. Why is the program such a success and how do we build on it for the future?

GNSI Decision Brief

"Need to Know is the most thorough and detailed history available on the origins of U.S. intelligence." - Michael Morell, former Deputy Director and Active Director, CIA

GNSI Author Spotlight: Nick Reynolds

The Declaration of Independence, an astonishing document for the time, based upon the radical idea that all men are created equal. In tandem with the Constitution of the United States, the two documents gave birth to a nation unlike any other before it.

Read it at the National Archives

Other stories of interest:

• Upcoming calendar of GNSI Events. Read More.
• CyberSecureFlorida is a first-of-its-kind statewide effort to strengthen Florida's critical infrastructure. Read More.
• GNSI Executive Director, General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, is the featured guest on the July 4 episode of the podcast "Thirty Minute Mentor" with renowned host, Adam Mendler. Listen.

"Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty."

-- Louis D. Brandeis, US Supreme Court Justice