Nathan Thrall

Journalist and political analyst, former Director of the Arab Israeli Project at the International Crisis Group, his book A Day in the Life of Abed Salama (Metropolitan Books) was named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, The Economist, and Time.

Patricia Evangelista

Trauma journalist, former investigative reporter at Rappler in the Philippines, her book Some People Need Killing (Random House) was named one of the 10 best of 2023 by the New York Times, former ASU Future Security Fellow at New America.

Victor Blue

2023-24 ASU Future Security Fellow, 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.

Sarah Esther Maslin

2023-24 ASU Future Security Fellow, journalist focusing on Latin America, former Brazil correspondent for The Economist, her articles appear in multiple publications including the Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, and the Atlantic.

Scott Shapiro

Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School

MajGen Lorna Mahlock USMC

Deputy Director for Combat Support
National Security Agency
Cybersecurity Directorate

LtGen Robert Schmidle USMC (ret)

Professor of Practice, FSI
former Deputy Director of US Cyber Command

Azadeh Moaveni, Director, Global Journalism Program, Associate Professor of Journalism, New York University and author of multiple books on Iran and women’s rights.

David Scheffer, Professor of Practice, FSI, first US Ambassador at large for War Crimes

Joanna Naples-Mitchell, Director, Program on Redress for Survivors of U.S. and Coalition Airstrikes, Zomia Center