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Read more about Future of War Conference 2016

The Future of War Conference brings together a collection of experts to address key issues and challenges arising from the changing nature of conflict and war. The conference is part of an initiative linking New America, a nonpartisan research public policy institute and civic enterprise, and Arizona State University, one of the nation’s largest public research universities. It will be held on March 10 at the Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

CNN is the media partner for the event which will also be live-streamed.

Read more about Future of War Conference 2017

The Future of War Conference 2017 was held in Washington, DC on March 21, 2017. The event links ASU and New America and has been co-sponsored by CNN. It features major thought leaders on various issues of domestic and global security including emerging technologies, current conflicts, refugees, cyberwar, international law, civilian-military relations and how to improve links between academic research and public policy.

Read more about David Wood

Journalist covering the military for four decades, winner of a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on moral injury, 2016 ASU Future of War Fellow at New America.

Read more about Peter W. Singer

Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America, one of the world’s leading experts on 21st century security issues, the author of multiple books on child soldiers, cyberwar and emerging military technologies including, LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, Founding Future of War Senior Fellow 2014-2018

Read more about Scott Silverstone

Professor of International Relations and Director of the International Relations Program at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, author of From Hitler’s Germany to Saddam’s Iraq: The Enduring False Promise of Preventive War and Preventive War and American Democracy, 2017 ASU Future of War Fellow at New America.

Read more about Tom Ricks

Former national security correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, part of two Pulitzer Prize winning teams and author of many bestselling books including Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003-05, Founding Future of War Senior Fellow 2014-2017

Read more about Janet Reitman

Contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, covering extremism, youth, and national security, best-selling author, ASU Future Security Fellow at New America 2021-2022

Read more about George Packer

Staff writer at the New Yorker since 2003, author of The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, which won the 2013 National Book Award for non-fiction, Guggenheim fellow, Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, 2018 ASU Future of War Fellow at New America.

Read more about Douglas Ollivant

Former Director for Iraq at the National Security Council during Bush and Obama administrations, Founding Future of War Senior Fellow 2014-2019.

Read more about Azadeh Moaveni

Associate Professor, Director Global and Joint Program Studies, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University, former Gender Project Director, International Crisis Group, author of Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS, 2018 ASU Future of War Fellow at New America.

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