Peter Bergen is the author of six books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers and four of which were named among the non-fiction books of the year by the Washington Post. Bergen is a Professor of Practice at 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 and a CNN national security analyst.

In The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West,  Kilcullen asks how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict. Applying a combination of evolutionary theory and detailed field observation, he explains what happened to the “snakes”-non-state threats including terrorists and guerrillas- and the “dragons”-state-based competitors such as Russia and China.

This half-day event brought together thought leaders engaged with moral injury and the profound impact of the lived experience of war. The event included academics, military leaders, veterans, journalists and clinicians to explore the value of humanities (philosophy, history, poetry, and literature) as the basis for dialogues exploring the moral, psychological, and spiritual effects of war on the warrior as she or he returns home.

The event is co-sponsored by the Center on the Future of War, that links Arizona State University and New America.

 In 2011, the Obama administration withdrew American forces from Iraq, celebrating the withdrawal as the end of the war. Fewer than three years later the same administration returned the U.S. military to Iraq to wage war on ISIS and then extended the war into Syria.

In this talk, Anand Gopal discussed his analysis of several years of fieldwork research as a means of re-theroizing proxy warfare as considered in relation to the Syrian conflict as a proxy war. The presentation was part of the Center on the Future of War joint ASU/New America Proxy War Project which presents a broad effort to engage intellectual and policy issues related to proxy warfare throguth a series of detailed case studies. Professor Gopal is a sociologist (Ph.D. Columbia), award winning journalist, and author of No Good Men Among the Living.

Kashmir valley in India’s northwest, where the majestic Himalaya and Karakorum mountains merge, was once prized by poets and mystics as a heaven on earth. Today, the region has been transformed into what some call “an open prison.”

Ambassador Robert R. King is a senior advisor (non-resident) at CSIS. He served as special envoy for North Korea human rights issues at the U.S. Department of State. He was nominated by President Barack Obama, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and served in that position from November 2009 to January 2017. Ambassador King led U.S. efforts to press North Korea for progress on its human rights, U.S. humanitarian work in North Korea, and the treatment of U.S. citizens being held in the North. He represented the United States in international organizations dealing with these issues. Earlier, Dr.

Anne-Marie Slaughter is the president and CEO of New America, a think and action tank dedicated to renewing America in the Digital Age. She is also the Bert G. Kerstetter ‘66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. From 2009–2011, she served as director of policy planning for the United States Department of State, the first woman to hold that position. Prior to her government service, Slaughter was the Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from 2002–2009 and the J.

In this event, four distinguished ASU faculty will discuss global security issues in Asia. The speakers include:

The feature documentary follows the life of iconic Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar, who became internationally known as "Little Gandhi". Matar was a key organizer of peaceful protests in his hometown of Daraya, inspiring people worldwide. His brutal torture and death at the age of 26 outraged the international community and erupted into one of the most violent crises in modern history.

Memorial Union, Pima Auditorium Room 230, 6:00pm