DC Events

Special Operations Policy Forum

2017

November 14, 2017
Washington D.C.

The Special Operations Policy Forum  is a joint effort of the Global SOF Foundation, New America, the University of Texas, and Arizona State University. This half-day seminar was focused on US Special Operations Forces (SOF) posture and policies, including security trends, impacts of modern warfare, and changing defense budgets. 

2018

November 13, 2018
11:45 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST

New America, the Center on Future of War and the McCain Institute of Arizona State University (ASU), the Global SOF Foundation, and the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security, are pleased to present the Special Operations Policy Forum on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 beginning at 11:45AM. The focus in 2018 is on “U.S. Policy for Proxy Warfare”.

The purpose of the invitation-only Forum is to convene senior U.S. government leaders, leading academics, and national security policy professionals on how to confront the unconventional threats facing Special Operations Forces and how the U.S. military and U.S. government should respond to these threats. These questions extend beyond the purely hard-power and kinetic contexts and into the use of soft-power and the provision of SOF in support of foreign nations’ forces. New America, ASU, the Global SOF Foundation, and the Daniel Morgan Graduate School are privileged to work together on this project and see this as a first step in advancing U.S. SOF policy for the future.

2019

September 18, 2019
Washington D.C.

New America, the Center on the Future of War and McCain Institute of Arizona State University (ASU), the Global SOF Foundation, and the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College are pleased to extend to you an invitation to attend the Special Operations Policy Forum, to be held at New America’s offices in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 beginning at 8:45AM.

The purpose of the invitation-only forum is to convene senior U.S. government leaders, leading academics, and national security policy professionals on how to confront the unconventional threats facing Special Operations Forces and how the U.S. military and U.S. government should respond to these threats. These questions extend beyond the purely hard-power and kinetic contexts and into the use of soft-power and the provision of SOF in support of foreign nations’ forces. New America, ASU, the Global SOF Foundation, and the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College are privileged to work together on this project and see this as an important step in advancing U.S. SOF policy for the future.