Cecilia Muñoz, Senior Advisor, New America, MacArthur Fellow, former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, former Senior Vice President, National Council of La Raza
October 25, 2021 5:00-6:00 pm (AZ time)
Co-sponsored with the School of Politics and Global Studies and the Center for Latina/os and American Politics Research
Karen Greenberg, Director, Center on National Security, Fordham Law, International Studies Fellow, New America, and author and editor of numerous books including Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State.
October 19, 2021 5:00-6:00 pm
Peter Bergen, Professor of Practice in the School of Politics and Global Studies at ASU, Co-Director of the Center on the Future of War, Vice President for Global Studies and Fellows at New America, author and a CNN national security analyst.
October 7, 2021 5:00-6:00 pm (AZ time)
A livestream discussion with Joe Brazda, an affiliated expert on nonproliferation at CRDF Global headquartered in Washington D.C.
The event addressed current challenges with diversity in U.S. national security, outlining specific ways to ensure greater women’s representation in civilian and military leadership positions.
A livestream discussion with Peter L. Bergen and Daniel Rothenberg, Center Co-Directors, moderated by Prof. Souad Ali. The event focused on COVID-19 as a ‘hinge event’ in American history, like the Great Depression or 9/11, engaging how the pandemic reveals major structural weaknesses in American society and undermines already fraying trust in the capacity of the US government to respond effectively to core security challenges, suggesting a need to shift the language of security from a defense model to one of resilience.
A livestream discussion with James O’Donnell, ASU University Librarian and former Provost and University Professor at Georgetown University, who will discuss his book The War for Gaul: A New Translation (Princeton 2019).
The conversation was guided by LtGen (ret) Robert Schmidle, ASU Professor of Practice, the first Deputy Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, and a combat pilot with over 4,700 hours logged in tactical fighters. O’Donnell and Schmidle discussed the value of reading Julius Caesar’s ideas on strategy, politics, and conflict in the 21st century.
When Russia's "little green men" appeared at key points across Crimea in late-February 2014, it was the first time many people in Europe and the United States realized Russia was moving to seize the peninsula. In fact, this was the culmination of many months of preparation and a carefully calibrated strategy designed to seize Crimea without provoking a US or NATO response. Dr.
The COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder and deepening anxieties about domestic stability in the lead up to the 2020 U.S. presidential elections have brought into focus the unprecedented challenges posed by digital disruption and the global rise of authoritarianism.
Peter Singer is a professor of practice at Arizona State University and strategist and senior fellow at New America. At this event he discussed his recent book, “Burn-In” with Dr. Jeffery Kubiak, co-director of the Masters in Global Security program in the School of Politics and Global Studies at ASU.