Date: Wednesday, April 17
Time: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Arizona Time (7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Eastern)
Online: Via Zoom
When the Biden Administration released it’s National Security Strategy two years ago priorities outlined were organized around twin challenges: increasing geopolitical tensions, especially with China and Russia, and shared global problems around climate change, disease, terrorism, and economic inequality. The White House strategy assumed public consensus about the security threats the country faces. But a lot has changed since then and as demonstrated by stalled legislation on aid for Ukraine and border security and the sharpening debates over US support for Israel’s war on Hamas there is a disconnect the way the policy community frames threats to security and the way that most Americans experience and view critical challenges. That divide is even more pronounced when viewed from the perspective of many Black, Latina/o, Asian, and Indigenous and young people in the United States. How will all this add up when it comes to the 2024 presidential election? Tune in for a conversation about recent survey research conducted jointly by the Chicago Council of World Affairs and New America and what it might tell us about how Americans view the meaning of security now and in the future.
This is part of a series of events featuring faculty from the ASU Online M.A. in Global Security (MAGS) and the Future Security Initiative at Arizona State University’s School of Politics and Global Studies.