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On September 15, 2026, New America and Arizona State University will host the 12th Annual Future Security Forum: 25 Years After September 11, Lessons From America’s Post-9/11 Wars. This year’s Forum is organized in collaboration with Global SOF Foundation, Security & Defence PLuS, the McCain Institute, and Small Wars Journal.

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ASU, New America, McCain Institute, Small Wars Journal, Security&Defence PLuS, Global SOF Foundation

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Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM EDT
Welcome Remarks
9:15 AM - 9:55 AM EDT
What Is the State of the Jihadist Movement?
9:55 AM - 10:35 AM EDT
What Are the Lessons of the Past 25 Years of Warfare?
10:35 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 11:10 AM EDT
How Should the U.S. Respond to Hostage Taking?
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM EDT
Keynote Conversation with Gen. Joseph L. Votel (U.S. Army, Ret.)
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Pop-Up: 25 Years of Drone Warfare
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EDT
Endless War?: A View From Congress
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Lunch Break
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM EDT
Keynote Conversation with Dame Louise Richardson
1:40 PM - 1:55 PM EDT
How Should We Assess the Threat of WMD Terrorism?
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT
Assessing Civilian Harm in the War on Terror
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM EDT
Coffee Break
2:25 PM - 2:35 PM EDT
Pop-Up: The Revolutionists: Lessons from the 1970s Experience
2:35 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
What Are the Successes and Failures of American Counterterrorism Policy?
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
What Are the Lessons From 25 Years of Reporting on the Post-9/11 Wars?
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
All The Presidents’ Wars: 25 Years of the War on Terror
4:20 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
The View From America’s Partners
5:00 PM - 12:00 AM EDT
Concluding Remarks

Presenters

Rep. Jason Crow

U.S. Representative (D-CO-6)
U.S. House of Representatives

Dame Louise Richardson

President
Andrew Carnegie Foundation

Gen. Joseph L. Votel (U.S. Army, Ret.)

Former Commander
U.S. CENTCOM; USSOCOM; JSOC

Sen. Peter Welch

Senator (D-VT)
U.S. Senate

Christy Abizaid

Vice President, Trust & Safety, Global Policy & Standards
Google

Elliot Ackerman

Journalist and Author

Justin Anderson

Senior Fellow, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Forces
National Defense University

Matin Bek

Fellow, Future Security Program
New America

Gina M. Bennett

Director, All Secure Program
Girl Security

Peter Bergen

Vice President, Global Studies & Fellows; Professor of Practice
New America; Arizona State University

Col. Stuart Bradin (U.S. Army, Ret.)

President and CEO
Global SOF Foundation

Jason Burke

International Security Correspondent
The Guardian

Paul E. Butler

Interim CEO and President & Chief Transformation Officer
New America

Roger D. Carstens

Former Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs; Distinguished Senior Fellow
U.S. Department of State; McCain Institute

Caitlan Coleman

Former Haqqani Network Hostage; Intern
New America Future Security Program

Steve Coll

Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author and Journalist

Christopher P. Costa

Executive Director
International Spy Museum

Kimberly Dozier

CNN Global Affairs Analyst
CNN

Evelyn Farkas

Executive Director
The McCain Institute at ASU

Chris Fussell

President, Operations; Former U.S. Navy SEAL Officer
Lila Sciences

Joshua Geltzer

Partner
WilmerHale

Col. Ken Gleiman (U.S. Army, Ret.)

Professor of Practice; Editor-in-Chief
ASU Future Security Initiative; Small Wars Journal

Karen J. Greenberg

Fellow, Future Security Program
New America

Bruce Hoffman

Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism & Homeland Security; Professor
Council on Foreign Relations; Georgetown University

Sandrea Hwang

Senior Director
Pillsbury Law

Azmat Khan

Investigative Reporter; Professor of Journalism
The New York Times Magazine; Columbia University

David Kilcullen

Professor of War Studies; Professor of Practice
University of New South Wales; ASU

Meaghan Keeler

Chief Operating Officer; Future Security Program Fellow
Global SOF Foundation; New America

Col. Ioannis Koskinas

CEO; Senior Fellow, Future Security Program
Hoplite Group; New America

Audrey Kurth Cronin

Trustees Professor and Director
Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology

Nelly Lahoud

General Dwight D. Eisenhower Chair of National Security
U.S. Army War College

Brig. Ian Langford

Executive Director
Security & Defence PLuS

Souad Mekhennet

Journalist and Author

Amy J. Nelson

Director, Future Security Scenarios Lab; Senior Fellow
New America

Nadia Oweidat

Associate Professor
Kansas State University

Heela Rasool-Ayub

Co-Director, Power, People, and Planet Initiative
New America

Daniel Rothenberg

Co-Director, Future Security Initiative; Senior Fellow
Arizona State University; New America

Peter Warren Singer

Strategist & Senior Fellow
New America

Colin Smith

Coordinator, Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team
United Nations

David Sterman

Deputy Director, Future Security
New America

Joby Warrick

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and National Security Reporter

Sarah Yager

Former Washington Director
Human Rights Watch

Amb. Fareed Yasseen

Secretary-General
Iraq-Pugwash Association

Azadeh Moaveni

Associate Professor of Journalism
New York University

Anne-Marie Slaughter

Senior Adviser and Former CEO
New America