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
Gopal is an Assistant Research professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies, a Senior Fellow at the Center on the Future of War, one of the country's top war correspondents, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his book No Good Men Among the Living.
This event is cosponsored with the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
West Hall Room 135, ASU Tempe Campus
Bergen is Vice President at New America, Professor of Practice in the School of Politics and Global Studies, Co-Director of the Center on the Future of War, and the author of many bestselling books.
Event is cosponsored with the Center for Political Thought and Leadership.
Coor Hall Room 4403, ASU Tempe Campus
By Rosa Brooks. Brooks is an ASU Future of War Senior Fellow at New American, professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, and author of How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything.
The U.S. sent troops into Afghanistan following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and a Congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF, was put into effect. But there are questions about whether that AUMF can or should apply to the nation’s efforts in Syria, Iraq or Yemen.
Sens. Jeff Flake and Tim Kaine have been working on a new bipartisan authorization to update it.
To learn more about a possible new AUMF, we spoke with Jeff Kubiak. He is a senior fellow at ASU’s Center on the Future of War.