ASU Events


"Korengal: This is What War Feels Like," private screening with filmmaker Sebastian Junger

September 16, 2014 | New America, 740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005

"The Rise of Lashkar-e-Taiba: A Look at One of South Asia's Largest Terrorist Organizations," with Arif Jamal and Dr. Mohammad Taqi, moderated by Joshua T. White

September 22, 2014 | New America, 740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005

Although they are some of the world’s foremost terrorist groups, not much is widely known about Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), one of the largest terrorist organizations in South Asia that operates out of Pakistan and was responsible for the three day…

“Iraq After America: Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance,” with Col. Joel Rayburn interviewed by Peter L. Bergen

September 24, 2014 | New America, 740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005

More than a decade after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, most studies of the conflict focus on the twin questions of whether the United States should have entered the country in 2003 and whether it should have exited in 2011, but few have examined…

“Projecting the fight against ISIS,” A live discussion Douglas A. Ollivant and Brian Fishman (Online)

October 08, 2014 | Online

A live discussion with counter terrorism experts Douglas Ollivant and Brian Fishman. After weeks of bombing ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq, the United States is fully engaged in another military campaign in the Middle East. But many have…

Daniel Rothenberg, “U.S. policy in Iraq and Syria”

October 09, 2014 | Burton Barr Central Library, Phoenix, AZ

Organized with Veterans for Peace, Burton Barr Central Library, Phoenix, AZ

“Modern War in Theory and Practice: A discussion with Dr. John Nagl on his new book Knife Fights,” with Dr. John Nagl, Daniel R. Green and Peter L. Bergen

October 27, 2014 | New America, 740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005

Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice by Dr. John Nagl, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army and a former president of the Center for a New American Security, is a profound education in 21st Century warfare – its…

Daniel Rothenberg “Researching the Covert”

November 22, 2014 | Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, part of day-long seminar entitled “Stop Asking and Start Questioning: Information, Secrecy and Surveillance Since 9/11”…