Description
Author: Adib Farhadi
Publisher: Springer
Published: 02/03/2023
Pages: 316
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9783030903923
ISBN10: 3030903923
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Security (National & International)
- Technology & Engineering | Engineering (General)
- Social Science | Sociology | General
About the Author
Dr. Adib Farhadi is an assistant professor and faculty director of Executive Education at the University of South Florida. His research, which is at the intersection of religion, politics, and conflict with a particular focus on the "Silk Road" Central and South Asia (CASA) Region, is the subject of his recent book, Countering Violent Extremism by Winning Hearts and Minds. He is the director of the Great Power Competition Conference Series and a frequent presenter on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), Conflict Resolution, Strategic Negotiations and Communication, and Geoeconomics. Formerly Dr. Farhadi served in senior positions for Afghanistan and extensively advised the US government and various other international organizations. Dr. Farhadi earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Canberra, M.A. from New York University, and B.S. from East Carolina University.
Dr. Anthony Masys is an affiliate associate professor and former director of Global Disaster Management, Humanitarian Assistance, and Homeland Security. He is a visiting professor at the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales. As a former senior Air Force Officer, Dr. Masys has a B.Sc. in Physics and M.Sc. in Underwater Acoustics and Oceanography from the Royal Military College of Canada and a Ph.D. from the University of Leicester. He is the editor-in-chief for 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 on security, 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 Defence and Security.
- Disaster Management-Enabling Resilience.
- Applications of Systems Thinking and Soft Operations Research for managing complexity.
- Exploring the Security Landscape - non-traditional security challenges.
- Disaster Forensics: understanding root cause and complexity causality.- Asia/Pacific Security challenges: managing black swans and persistent threats.
- Security by Design