ASU Events
When Does Resistance Become Insurrection? Free Speech and the Defense of the Republic
February 23, 2021 | ZoomNoah 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 | ZoomTheodore 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 | ZoomYi-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 | ASUCol. (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 | OnlineA 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 | ASUThe 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…
COVID-19 as a ‘hinge event’ and the implications for U.S. security, Prof. Peter Bergen and Prof. Daniel Rothenberg
October 14, 2020 | OnlineA livestream discussion with Peter L. Bergen and Daniel Rothenberg, Center Co-Directors, moderated by Prof. Souad Ali. The event focused on COVID-19 as a ‘hinge event’ in American history, like the Great Depression or 9/11, engaging how the…
The War for Gaul: How Julius Caesar’s ideas on Strategy Help Us Face Contemporary Challenges, Prof. Jim O’Donnell and Prof. Robert Schmidle
October 06, 2020 | OnlineA livestream discussion with James O’Donnell, ASU University Librarian and former Provost and University Professor at Georgetown University, who will discuss his book The War for Gaul: A New Translation (Princeton 2019).
The…
Contemporary Liminal Warfare: A Case Study, David Kilcullen
August 26, 2020 | ASUWhen Russia's "little green men" appeared at key points across Crimea in late-February 2014, it was the first time many people in Europe and the United States realized Russia was moving to seize the peninsula. In fact, this was the culmination of…