Adib Farhadi (born 1972) is an Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict at the University of South Florida, where he also serves as the Faculty Director of the Executive Education Program.
Farhadi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and raised in Greenville, North Carolina, where he attended Rose High School.
[3] Farhadi completed his doctoral thesis, "Stabilization for Sustainable Economic Growth in Fragile States: The Case for a Trade-Based Regional Economic Integration Silk Road Strategy" under the supervision of Professor Mark Evans.
[5] Farhadi completed a post-doctoral fellowship at University of Canberra's Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis.
[6][3] As of 2024, Farhadi is a tenured Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict at the University of South Florida, where he also serves as the Faculty Director of the Executive Education Program.
[2][7] His research focuses on the intersection of geoeconomics, geopolitics, and human dynamics, with a particular emphasis on the Great Power Competition in the "Silk Road" region of Central and South Asia.
In addition to his academic roles, Farhadi serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Great Power Competition book series, Co-Principal Investigator for the Great Power Competition Initiative and the Global Influence Index, and Faculty Advisor to the Global and National Security Institute.
Farhadi is the 2024 recipient of USF's prestigious "Distinguished Service Award."
In 2012 Farhadi was a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
[9] Circa 2002, Farhadi served as the executive director of Afghanistan National Development Strategy, director of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Commerce & Industry, Chief Negotiator for WTO accession and senior advisor to the New Silk Road Initiative for the Afghan government.
(2020) Countering Violent Extremism by Winning Hearts and Minds.
(2023) Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Evolving Crises and Economic Power Politics in the Central Asia-South Asia (CASA) Region.
(2023) Lessons Learned from Afghanistan: The Heavy Price of Treating Long-Term Strategic Issues with Short-Term Tactical Approaches.
Great Power Competition Volume 4: Lessons from Afghanistan: America's Longest War.
• Farhadi et al. (2022) The Cyber Pandemic that Could Redefine the Great Power Competition: Preparing the Defense Industrial Base.
(2021) Building Trust and Advancing U.S. Geoeconomic Strength Through Public–Private Partnership Stakeholder Capitalism.
(2023) Great Power Competition Volume 4: Lessons from Afghanistan: America's Longest War.