ASU Events
Coming Home: Dialogues on the Moral, Psychological, and Spiritual Impacts of War
December 10, 2019 | Washington, DCHalf-day conference in December 2019 at New America in Washington, DC bringing together thought leaders engaged with moral injury and the profound impact of the lived experience of war. Speakers included: David Luban, Georgetown University; Maj…
Preventative War and Proxy Conflict: Lessons from the Counter ISIS Campaign, David Sterman
November 21, 2019 | ASUIn 2011, the Obama administration withdrew American forces from Iraq, celebrating the withdrawal as the end of the war. Fewer than three years later the same administration returned the U.S. military to Iraq to wage war on ISIS and then…
Making Sense of Syria's Proxy War
October 24, 2019 | ASUIn this talk, Anand Gopal discussed his analysis of several years of fieldwork research as a means of re-theroizing proxy warfare as considered in relation to the Syrian conflict as a proxy war. The presentation was part of the Center on the…
India’s Future in Crisis? Kashmir, Assam, and the Fate of Democracy
October 02, 2019 | ASUKashmir valley in India’s northwest, where the majestic Himalaya and Karakorum mountains merge, was once prized by poets and mystics as a heaven on earth. Today, the region has been transformed into what some call “an open prison.”
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Global Special Operations Policy Forum 2019
September 18, 2019 | Washington, DCDay-long conference in September 2019 at New America in Washington, DC to discuss current and future challenges for U.S. Special Operations. Speakers included: Adm. William McRaven, Former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command; Roya Rahmani…
Special Operations Policy Forum 2019
September 18, 2019 | Washington, DCNew America, the Center on the Future of War and McCain Institute of Arizona State University (ASU), the Global SOF Foundation, and the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College are pleased to extend to you an invitation to attend…
Sarah Holewinski “Protecting Civilians in Warfare: Personal Reflections from a Decade of Post-9/11 Policy Efforts”
April 18, 2019 | Memorial UnionPima Room (Rm 230) Memorial Union, Tempe Campus
Holewinski is a professor of practice in the Center on the Future of War, School of Politics and Global Studies. She served as deputy chief of staff for policy at the U.S. Mission…
North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and Human Rights
April 11, 2019 | La Paz, Memorial UnionAmbassador Robert R. King is a senior advisor (non-resident) at CSIS. He served as special envoy for North Korea human rights issues at the U.S. Department of State. He was nominated by President Barack Obama, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and…
Col. Dennis Wille “Operational Art – Bringing National Strategy to Life”
April 04, 2019 | Memorial UnionPima Room (Rm 230) Memorial Union, Tempe Campus
Col. Wille is an U.S. Army Fellow at New America and has been an active duty member of the military for more than 23 years with multiple deployments to Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq, and…