Gabor Rona

Professor of Practice, Cardozo Law School, former International Legal Director of Human Rights First, and legal advisor for the International Committee of the Red Cross, where he played a key role in the establishment of international and other criminal tribunals, including the International Criminal Court. He writes on international humanitarian and human rights law, with work appearing in the Financial Times, Just Security, and academic journals including the Chicago Journal of International Law.

Amy J. Nelson

Research Fellow, FSI, Director, Future Security Scenarios Lab and Senior Fellow, New America, formerly at The Brookings Institution, the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland, National Defense University, and the U.S. Department of State. She will be speaking about her new book, The Arms Control Paradox published by Stanford University Press in 2026.
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Peter Bergen

October 1, 2026
5:30-7:30 pm at West Hall, Room 135, ASU Tempe Campus
In-Person Event

Co-Director, FSI, Professor of Practice, ASU, Vice President for Global Studies & Fellows, New America, and CNN national security analyst, author or editor of 10 books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers. He will be speaking about his new book, All the President’s Wars, published by W.W. Norton in 2026. Refreshments will be served.

Saket Soni 

2026 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America, author of The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America named one of The New York Times’ “100 Notable Books” of 2023. He will be speaking about his work on the lives of those directly impacted the soon-to-be trillion-dollar climate disaster recovery economy.

Rozina Ali