ASU Events


Crisis Convergence in America & the Global Rise of Authoritarianism, Candace Rondeaux

July 30, 2020 | ASU

The COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder and deepening anxieties about domestic stability in the lead up to the 2020 U.S. presidential elections have brought into focus the unprecedented challenges posed by…

Contemporary Liminal Warfare: A Case Study, David Kilcullen

August 26, 2020 | ASU

When Russia's "little green men" appeared at key points across Crimea in late-February 2014, it was the first time many people in Europe and the United States realized Russia was moving to seize the peninsula. In fact, this was the culmination of…

The War for Gaul: How Julius Caesar’s ideas on Strategy Help Us Face Contemporary Challenges, Prof. Jim O’Donnell and Prof. Robert Schmidle

October 06, 2020 | Online

A livestream discussion with James O’Donnell, ASU University Librarian and former Provost and University Professor at Georgetown University, who will discuss his book The War for Gaul: A New Translation (Princeton 2019).

The…

COVID-19 as a ‘hinge event’ and the implications for U.S. security, Prof. Peter Bergen and Prof. Daniel Rothenberg

October 14, 2020 | Online

A livestream discussion with Peter L. Bergen and Daniel Rothenberg, Center Co-Directors, moderated by Prof. Souad Ali. The event focused on COVID-19 as a ‘hinge event’ in American history, like the Great Depression or 9/11, engaging how the…

Diversity in National Security: How to Ensure More Women Hold Leadership Positions, Heather Hurlburt, Jeannette Haynie, Camille Stewart

November 18, 2020 | ASU

The event addressed current challenges with diversity in U.S. national security, outlining specific ways to ensure greater women’s representation in civilian and military leadership positions.

 Hurlburt is Director of New America’s…

What Now? The Future of the JCPOA and the Iranian Nuclear Program, Joe Brazda

December 02, 2020 | Online

A livestream discussion with Joe Brazda, an affiliated expert on nonproliferation at CRDF Global headquartered in Washington D.C.

Brazda spent several years researching, writing and lecturing on topics such as Iran, DPRK, nuclear…

Future Frontlines Lab

January 01, 2019 | Washington, DC

Day-long workshop in January 2019 at New America in Washington, DC on to discuss the development and test the viability of the Frontlines Lab, a collaborative effort between Drexel University, New America, and Arizona State University. The…

Suki Kim “Undercover in North Korea”

January 24, 2019 | Memorial Union

Gold Room (Rm 207) Memorial Union, Tempe Campus

Kim is an ASU Future of War Fellow at New America, author of New York Times best-seller Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North…

Internationalizing Kosovo 1989-2019 Intervention, Recognition, and the Politics of Sovereign Statehood in Comparative Perspective

January 30, 2019 | ASU

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-…