Rep. Jason Crow
House of Representatives
12th Annual Future Security Forum
25 Years After September 11, Lessons From America’s Post-9/11 Wars
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740 15th St. NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Additional speakers and agenda details to be announced.
On September 15, 2026, Arizona State University and Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ 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.Ìý
The Forum will reflect on U.S. and allies’ counterterrorism efforts, insights from two and a half decades of war reporting, how America’s allies see the country today, and ways in which the Iran War built on the prior policies, among other topics.
The 12th Annual Future Security Forum will be held at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s Washington, DC office (online viewing will be available but we strongly recommend attending in person). Space is limited, .Ìý
Keynote Speakers
Dame Louise Richardson
President, Andrew Carnegie Foundation; Author, What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat
Gen. Joseph L. Votel (U.S. Army, Ret.)
Former Commander of U.S. Central Command, Special Operations Command, and Joint Special Operations Command
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Speakers
Christy Abizaid
Vice President, Trust & Safety, Global Policy & Standards, Google; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Elliot Ackerman
Journalist and author; Author, The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan; Marine Corps and CIA Special Operations Veteran
Javed Ali
Associate Professor of Practice, University of Michigan; Former Senior FBI Counterterrorism Official
Matin Bek
Fellow, Future Security Program, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½; Former Chief of Staff to the President of Afghanistan
Gina M. Bennett
Director, All Secure Program, Girl Security; Retired Senior Counterterrorism Analyst, CIA
Peter Bergen
Vice President, Global Studies & Fellows, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University; Author, All the Presidents’ Wars
Paul E. Butler
Interim CEO and President & Chief Transformation Officer, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½
Roger D. Carstens
Former Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Inaugural John McCain Freedom for Political Prisoners Distinguished Senior Fellow, McCain Institute; Former Fellow, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Future Security Program
Caitlan Coleman
Former Haqqani Network Hostage; Intern with Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Future Security Program
Steve Coll
Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author and Journalist; Former Dean, Columbia Journalism School; Former President and CEO, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½
Christopher P. Costa
Executive Director, International Spy Museum; Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the NSC
Rep. Jason Crow
House of Representatives
Kimberly Dozier
CNN Global Affairs Analyst
Evelyn Farkas
Executive Director, The McCain Institute at ASU; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia / Ukraine / Eurasia
Joshua Geltzer
Partner, WilmerHale; Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the NSC
Col. Ken Gleiman (U.S. Army, Ret.)
Professor of Practice, ASU Future Security Initiative; Editor-in-Chief, Small Wars Journal
Karen J. Greenberg
Fellow, Future Security Program, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½; Author, Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump
Bruce Hoffman
Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism & Homeland Security, Council on Foreign Relations, and Professor, Georgetown University; Author, Inside Terrorism
Sandrea Hwang
Senior Director, Pillsbury Law; Former National Intelligence Manager for Counterintelligence and Assistant Director at the National Counterintelligence and Security Center
Azmat Khan
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter, The New York Times Magazine; Professor of Journalism, Columbia University; ASU Future of War Fellow, 2017
David Kilcullen
Professor of War Studies, University of New South Wales; Professor of Practice, ASU; Author, The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan
Meaghan Keeler
Chief Operating Officer, Global SOF Foundation, and Future Security Program Fellow, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½
Col. Ioannis Koskinas (U.S. Air Force, Ret.)
CEO, Hoplite Group, and Senior Fellow, Future Security Program, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½
Audrey Kurth Cronin
Trustees Professor and Director, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology; Author, How Terrorism Ends
Nelly Lahoud
Nelly Lahoud, General Dwight D. Eisenhower Chair of National Security, U.S. Army War College; Author, The Bin Laden Papers; Former Senior Fellow, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Future Security Program
Brig. Ian Langford (Australian Army, Ret.)
Executive Director, Security & Defence PLuS
Amy J. Nelson
Director, Future Security Scenarios Lab, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½; Senior Fellow, Future Security Program, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½
Nadia Oweidat
Associate Professor, Kansas State University; Former Fellow, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Future Security Program
Amb. Roya Rahmani
Director of Global Engagement, World Bank Group; Senior Fellow, Future Security
Heela Rasool-Ayub
Co-Director, Global Transformation Initiative, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½
Dame Louise Richardson
President, Andrew Carnegie Foundation; Author, What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat
Daniel Rothenberg
Co-Director, Future Security Initiative, Arizona State University, Senior Fellow, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½
Peter Warren Singer
Strategist & Senior Fellow, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½
Colin Smith
Coordinator, Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, United Nations
David Sterman
Deputy Director, Future Security, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½; Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Gen. Joseph L. Votel (U.S. Army, Ret.)
Former Commander of U.S. Central Command, Special Operations Command, and Joint Special Operations Command
Joby Warrick
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and National Security Reporter; Author, The Jackal
Amb. Fareed Yasseen
Secretary -General, Iraq-Pugwash Association; Former Ambassador of Iraq to the United States
Agenda
- 8:30am ET: Arrival/Coffee
- 9:00am ET: Welcome Remarks
Sessions will include:
- What is the State of the Jihadist Movement?
- What Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism Lessons Stood the Test of Time?
- How Should the U.S. Respond to Hostage Taking?
- Keynote: Gen. Joseph Votel (ret.)
- 25 Years of Drone Warfare
- All The Presidents’ Wars: 25 Years of the War on Terror
- Keynote: Dame Louise Richardson
- Assessing Civilian Harm in the War on Terror
- What are the Successes and Failures of American Counterterrorism Policy?
- What Are the Lessons from 25 Years of Reporting on the Post-9/11 Wars?
- The View From America’s Partners
More details and final session times to come.
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