Conferences and workshops


Future Security Forum 2022

September 13, 2022 | Online

Annual Center event featuring global security thought leaders. Learn more: New America

Coming Home: Dialogues on the Moral, Psychological, and Spiritual Impacts of War

December 10, 2019 | Washington, DC

Half-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…

Global Special Operations Policy Forum 2019

September 18, 2019 | Washington, DC

Day-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…

Internationalizing Kosovo 1989-2019 Intervention, Recognition, and the Politics of Sovereign Statehood in Comparative Perspective

January 30, 2019 | ASU

Two-day interdisciplinary conference at ASU in January 2019 with anthropologists, historians, political scientists, sociologists, and others addressing social, political, legal, and other issues related to the status of Kosovo. The event was co-…

Future Frontlines Lab

January 01, 2019 | Washington, DC

Day-long workshop in January 2019 at New America in Washington, DC on to discuss the development and test the viability of the Frontlines Lab, a collaborative effort between Drexel University, New America, and Arizona State University. The…

Biosecurity in the Age of Genome Editing

December 03, 2018 | Washington, DC

Workshop in December 2018 at New America in Washington, DC on to present and discuss the findings of a two-year study run by George Mason University and Stanford University to explore critical biosecurity issues related to CRISPR and related…

Global Special Operations Policy Forum 2018

November 13, 2018 | Washington, DC

Day-long Conference in November 2018 at New America in Washington, DC on to discuss current and future challenges for U.S. Special Operations, with a focus on the projected growth of proxy wars. Speakers included: Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New…

Global Special Operations Policy Forum 2017

November 14, 2017 | Washington, DC

Day-long Conference in November 2017 at New America in Washington, DC on to discuss current and future challenges for U.S. Special Operations, with a focus on the projected growth of proxy wars. Speakers included: Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas);…

Moral Injury: Toward an International Perspective

November 13, 2017 | Washington, DC

Workshop in November 2017 at New America in Washington, D.C. on moral injury linking the Center with colleagues from the PLuS Alliance, opened by Michael Crow, ASU President. Participants included: Brad Allenby, ASU; David Wood, Pulitzer Prize…