Karima E. Bennoune

Lewis M. Simes Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights (2015 to 2021), author of Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here (W.W. Norton 2013), with related TED talk…

Nathan Thrall

Journalist and political analyst, former Director of the Arab Israeli Project at the International Crisis Group, his book A Day in the Life of Abed Salama (Metropolitan Books) was named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker…

Patricia Evangelista

Trauma journalist, former investigative reporter at Rappler in the Philippines, her book Some People Need Killing (Random House) was named one of the 10 best of 2023 by the New York Times, former ASU Future Security…

Victor Blue

2023-24 ASU Future Security Fellow, photojournalist and writer focusing on the legacy of armed conflict, his work appears in the New York Times, the New Yorker, and Harper’s Magazine, earned seven Pictures of…

Sarah Esther Maslin

2023-24 ASU Future Security Fellow, journalist focusing on Latin America, former Brazil correspondent for The Economist, her articles appear in multiple publications including the Washington Post, The New York Times…

Azadeh Moaveni, Director, Global Journalism Program, Associate Professor of Journalism, New York University and author of multiple books on Iran and women’s rights.

MajGen Lorna Mahlock USMC

Deputy Director for Combat Support
National Security Agency
Cybersecurity Directorate

LtGen Robert Schmidle USMC (ret)

Professor of Practice, FSI…

David Scheffer, Professor of Practice, FSI, first US Ambassador at large for War Crimes

Joanna Naples-Mitchell, Director, Program on Redress for Survivors of U.S. and Coalition Airstrikes, Zomia Center