Brendan Nyhan
James O. Freedman Presidential Professor, Department of Government, Dartmouth College, focusing on misperceptions about politics and health care, member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guggenheim Fellow, Andrew Carnegie Fellow, whose research has been published in journals including Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Journal of Political Science.
Co-sponsored with the School of Politics and Global Studies
Matthieu Aikins
Winner of 2025 and 2022 Pulitzer Prizes for reporting on U.S. support of brutal militias in Afghanistan and for civilian casualties from US airstrikes, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and the author of The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees, and an Eric & Wendy Schmidt Fellow and Southern New Hampshire University Fellow at New America.
Anand Gopal
David Scheffer
Professor of Practice, FSI and Senior Fellow, New America, former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes, former Director, Center for International Human Rights, and professor at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, author of The UN Charter: Five Pillars for Humankind and The Sit Room: In the Theater of War and Peace, among many works.
Co-sponsored with the Center for Law and Global Affairs, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Beth VanSchaack
Former Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, previously Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Stanford Law School, whose writing focuses on international human rights and justice issues, author of Imagining Justice for Syria.
5 PM - 6:30 PM
Beus Center for Law and Society, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, downtown Phoenix
Co-sponsored with the Center for Law and Global Affairs, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the Phoenix Council on Foreign Relations
Suresh Venkatasubramanian
Professor of Data Science and Computer Science and Professor of Humanities, Brown University, Director, Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign. former Assistant Director for Science and Justice in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Co-sponsored with the Center for Law and Global Affairs, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Victor Blue
2023-24 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America, 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 the Year International awards, five NPPA Best of Photojournalism awards, and recognition from the Overseas Press Club.
On October 22, 2205 Arizona State University (ASU) and New America will host the 11th annual Future Security Forum in collaboration with Security & Defence PLuS, a partnership between ASU, King’s College London, and the University of New South Wales.
The Forum will gather the top policymakers, experts, and analysts at New America’s Washington, DC location for discussion on the future of global security. Space is limited, register today.
Does the Law of War Still Work? Reflecting on Gaza, Ukraine, and Current Global Conflicts
The Route: How American Policy, a Billion-dollar Black Market, and Indomitable Resilience are Bringing the World’s Refugees to the Border