ASU Events


Preventing Atrocity Crimes in a Violent World

March 17, 2021 | Zoom

David Scheffer, Director Emeritus of the Center for International Human Rights and former Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and first U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes…

Renewal and Remaking of Democracy

March 11, 2021 | Zoom

Craig Calhoun, ASU University Professor of Social Sciences, former director and president of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), author of many books including the forthcoming "Degenerations of Democracy…

Transnational Feminist Movements: Reflections on International Women’s Day 2021

March 08, 2021 | Zoom

Pardis Mahdavi, Dean of Social Sciences, ASU, author of multiple books including "Crossing the Gulf: Love and Family in Migrant Lives" and Mi-Ai Parrish, Sue Clark-Johnson Professor in Media Innovation and…

When Does Resistance Become Insurrection? Free Speech and the Defense of the Republic

February 23, 2021 | Zoom

Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, author of multiple books, including "Cool War: The Future of Global Competition" and "Divided By God: America's Church-State Problem and What We Should Do…

The Challenge of Black Patriotism

February 17, 2021 | Zoom

Theodore R. Johnson, Senior Fellow, Director of the Fellows Program, Brennan Center for Justice, former National Fellow at New America, retired Commander in the United States Navy, author of forthcoming "When the Stars Begin to…

Inside the Walled Garden: Understanding the Chinese Internet

February 11, 2021 | Zoom

Yi-Ling Liu, ASU Future Security Fellow at New America, award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, Foreign Policy, The Economist, The New Yorker, and elsewhere

The Utility of Special Operations: Facing Challenges of Great Power Competition And Compound Security

February 03, 2021 | ASU

Col. (ret) Isaiah Wilson, President, Joint Special Operations University, decorated combat veteran with tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and author of "Thinking beyond War: Civil Military Relations and Why America Fails to Win the…

What Now? The Future of the JCPOA and the Iranian Nuclear Program, Joe Brazda

December 02, 2020 | Online

A livestream discussion with Joe Brazda, an affiliated expert on nonproliferation at CRDF Global headquartered in Washington D.C.

Brazda spent several years researching, writing and lecturing on topics such as Iran, DPRK, nuclear…

Diversity in National Security: How to Ensure More Women Hold Leadership Positions, Heather Hurlburt, Jeannette Haynie, Camille Stewart

November 18, 2020 | ASU

The event addressed current challenges with diversity in U.S. national security, outlining specific ways to ensure greater women’s representation in civilian and military leadership positions.

 Hurlburt is Director of New America’s…