Two-day conference and workshop in January 2015 held in the ASU Museum linking scholars from multiple disciplines, practitioners, and government officials to explore issues related to the documentation and analysis of human rights violations. The event addressed the lack of methodological coherence among those gathering human rights data in the field and the possibilities for increased coordination. The conference was co-organized by the Center and the Working Group on Conflict and Human Rights at the School of Politics and Global Studies.

A day-long event in Washington, DC in January 2015 with government officials, journalists, experts, and representatives of Syrian civil society. Speakers included: Peter Baker, The New York Times; Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post; Kelly Clements, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Robert Ford, former U.S. Ambassador to Syria; Thomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S.

A day-long conference in February 2015 that launched New America’s cybersecurity initiative by connecting a diverse group of experts from academia, industry, government, and civil society. Speakers included: John Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon, Commanding General of United States Army Cyber Command; Adm. Mike Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency; Bruce Schneier, Harvard Law School, Alex Stamos, Chief Information Security Officer, Yahoo!, and others.

Workshop in October 2015 at the Georgetown University Law Center linking Center faculty with partners from Oxford University’s “Changing Character of Warfare” program. Participants included: Peter Bergen, New America, ASU; Rosa Brooks, Georgetown University Law Center; Laura Dickinson, George Washington University Law School; Brigadier General Rich Gross, Legal Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff; Annette Idler, Oxford University; Rob Johnson, Oxford University; Marty Lederman, Georgetown University Law Center; and Daniel Rothenberg, New America, ASU.

Day-long Conference in November 2017 at New America in Washington, DC on to discuss current and future challenges for U.S. Special Operations, with a focus on the projected growth of proxy wars. Speakers included: Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas); Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.); Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.); Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa); Michael Lumpkin, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict; Dr.

Workshop in November 2017 at New America in Washington, D.C. on moral injury linking the Center with colleagues from the PLuS Alliance, opened by Michael Crow, ASU President. Participants included: Brad Allenby, ASU; David Wood, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist; Ed Barrett, Director of Research at the U.S. Naval Academy's Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership; William P. Nash, Director of Psychological Health, United States Marine Corps; and Daniel Rothenberg, ASU.

Day-long Conference in November 2018 at New America in Washington, DC on to discuss current and future challenges for U.S. Special Operations, with a focus on the projected growth of proxy wars. Speakers included: Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America; Peter Singer, ASU and New America; Erik Grant, Raytheon; Wendy Anderson, former U.S. Defense Department Chief of Staff; Kara Frederick, Center for a New American Security; LTG (ret.) Benjamin Freakley, ASU; Norman Roule, former National Intelligence Manager for Iran; Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Col.

Workshop in December 2018 at New America in Washington, DC on to present and discuss the findings of a two-year study run by George Mason University and Stanford University to explore critical biosecurity issues related to CRISPR and related genome editing technologies. The event brought together scholars, policy researchers, students and security experts and was co-sponsored by the Center and New America.

Two-day interdisciplinary conference at ASU in January 2019 with anthropologists, historians, political scientists, sociologists, and others addressing social, political, legal, and other issues related to the status of Kosovo. The event was co-sponsored by the Center, the Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, and the School of Politics and Global Studies and supported by the Kopf Conference Fund.