Credible Deterrence Series
The Leadership, Diplomacy and National Security Lab sponsors the Credible Deterrence Speaker Series that explores the mixture of tools by which the United States deters threats national and global security. Experts deliver addresses to ASU students and faculty as well as the broader public audience about military, diplomatic, economic, corporate, cyber, educational, cultural, national will, and lawfare means to achieve the objectives of security and strengthen American leadership in the world.
2026
80th Anniversary of Nuremberg Trials
Special guest:
U.S. Senator Chris Dodd, author of Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative and a Quest for Justice
2025
Strengthening America's Industrial Base to Deter Autonomous Weapons
Special guest:
Tom H. Stugart III, Captain, US Navy (retired)
Marking the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations Charter
Special guest:
Sasha Pippinger, ASU Faculty Associate and former director at the U.S. Institute of Peace
United States a Spectator in Syria's Successful Revolution
Special guest:
Roy Gutman, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author
Strategic Deterrence in the 21st Century
Special guest:
Dr. Tom Wright, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council
Securing Space: A Plan for US Action
Special Guest
Dr. Esther Brimmer, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
2024
The Art of Diplomacy Strengthens Integrated Deterrence
Special guest:
Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and former Deputy Secretary of State
The Past, Present, and Future of Integrated Deterrence for U.S. National Security
Special guest:
Lieutenant General (Ret) H. R. McMaster, 25th United States National Security Advisor and ASU Distinguished University Fellow
Deterring America's Rivals and Enemies
Special guest:
Peter Bergen, author, documentary producer, podcast host, professor of practice at Arizona State University, vice president at New America, and CNN's national security analyst.
The Future of Cyber Defense as a Deterrent
Special guest:
Lieutenant General (Ret) Robert Schmidle, Jr., Ph.D., former Deputy Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and University Advisor on Cyber Capabilities and Conflict Studies at ASU
2023
America's Top Nazi-Hunter Speaks on Law of Deterrence
Special guest:
Eli Rosenbaum, former U.S. Justice Department Counselor for War Crimes Accountability
Corporate Foreign Policy to Deter National Security Threats
Special guest:
Kish Parella, Professor of Ethics and Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law