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New America and Arizona State University along with co-sponsors Joint Special Operations University and Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College are pleased to invite you to the 2022 Future Security Forum, which will be held online September 13, 2022.

The Forum is the premier annual event of New America and Arizona State University's Security project - a research, education and policy partnership that develops new paradigms for understanding and addressing new and emerging global challenges. Forum sessions will assess the state of global affairs, from revisiting the security situation in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban takeover, analyzing the rise of domestic extremism, and planning for future cybersecurity threats. 

In combination with the JSOU Quarterly Future of SOF Forum, JSOU presents a panel on the Role of Special Operations in the Ukraine: Signaling the Future. Six months into the Ukraine Conflict, is it too early to talk about lessons learned - what lessons are being gathered and assessed? How has special operations played a role thus far? Has Russia's special operations measured up to expectations? How about Ukrainian special operations? And where has the U.S., partners / allies and JIIM-C played a role up to this point? This is an unclassified event?

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JSOU Panel: What is the Role of Special Operations Forces in Ukraine?: Signaling the Future


What is the Role of Special Operations Forces in Ukraine?: Signaling the Future In combination with the JSOU Quarterly Future of SOF Forum, JSOU presents a panel on the Role of Special Operations in the Ukraine: Signaling the Future. Six months into the Ukraine Conflict, is it too early to talk about lessons learned - what lessons are being gathered and assessed? How has special operations played a role thus far? Has Russia's special operations measured up to expectations? How about Ukrainian special operations? And where has the U.S., partners / allies and JIIM-C played a role up to this point? Moderator: COL (Ret) Isaiah “Ike” Wilson, PhD, JSOU President Panelists: Major General Steven Edwards, Commander SOCEUR, Command Master Chief Peter Musselman, Senior Enlisted Leader SOCEUR, Major General (Ret) Michael Repass, Ambassador (Ret) Greta C. Holtz The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University

FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Welcome Remarks


FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Welcome Remarks Anne-Marie Slaughter, DPhil, CEO, New America, former director of Policy Planning for the U.S. Department of State Evelyn Farkas, PhD, Executive Director McCain Institute at Arizona State University The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University

FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Panel 1: What is Happening in Afghanistan?


FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Panel 1: What is Happening in Afghanistan, One Year After the Taliban Takeover? Qayoom Suroush, Afghanistan Observatory Scholar, New America Summia Tora, Afghanistan Observatory Scholar, New America, Afghanistan’s first Rhodes Scholar and founder and executive director of Dosti Network Moderator: Azmat Khan, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, Fellow, New America International Security Program, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Columbia University School of Journalism. The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University

FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Panel 2: What’s the Future of India’s Democracy and Relationship with the U.S.?


Meenakshi Ahamed, Author, A Matter of Trust: India-U.S. Relations From Truman to Trump. The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University



FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Panel 3: How Should the International Community Address War Crimes in Ukraine and Beyond?


Introduction by Wassim Mukdad, Syrian Musician and Torture Survivor David Scheffer, Professor of Practice, ASU, Vice-President of the American Society of International, Former Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Moderator: Daniel Rothenberg, PhD, Co-Director Center on the Future of War, Professor of Practice, Arizona State University, Senior Fellow, New America The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University

FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Panel 4: What Can OSINT Tell Us About China’s Technology?


Matthew Bruzzese, Senior Chinese Language Analyst, BluePath Labs The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University

FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Panel 5: What are the Lessons of the War in Ukraine?


Sir Lawrence Freedman, DPhil, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London Rob Lee, Senior Fellow Foreign Policy Research Institute, PhD Student at King’s College David Kilcullen, PhD, Professor of International & Political Studies, University of New South Wales, Professor of Practice, Arizona State University Candace Rondeaux, Director, Future Frontlines, New America, Professor of Practice, Arizona State University Moderator: Peter W. Singer, PhD, Strategist & Senior Fellow, New America, Professor of Practice, Arizona State University The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University

FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Panel 7: What’s Next for China?


Kendra Schaefer, Non-Resident Fellow, The National Bureau of Asia Research Lingling Wei, Chief China correspondent, Wall Street Journal, co-author of Superpower Showdown Damien Ma, Director and co-founder of MacroPolo, the Think Tank of the Paulson Institute, Author, In Line Behind a Billion People: How Scarcity Will Define China’s Ascent in the Next Decade Moderator: Kaiser Kuo, Co-Founder Sinica Podcast, Editor at Large SupChina The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University

FY22 Q4 Future of SOF Forum / Future Security Forum: Panel 8: What is the Future of Domestic Terrorism?: Taking Stock of the U.S. Government’s Efforts to Combat Domestic Terrorism


Joshua A. Geltzer, PhD, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, National Security Council Moderator: Karen J. Greenberg, PhD, Director Center on National Security at Fordham Law, Fellow, International Security Program, New America The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University

KEYNOTE Panel: What is the Future of Cybersecurity?


Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Moderator: Peter Bergen, Vice President, New America, Professor of Practices, ASU The views expressed in this video are entirely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the United States Government, Department of Defense, United States Special Operations Command, or the Joint Special Operations University