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
On September 15, 2026, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ 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.Ìý
The Forum will reflect on U.S. and allies’ counterterrorism efforts, insights from two and a half decades years 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 ¹ú²úÊÓƵ’s Washington, DC office (online viewing will be available but we strongly recommend attending in person). Space is limited, .Ìý
This year’s speakers will include:
- General (Ret.) Joseph Votel, Former Commander CENTCOM; Former Commander, Special Operations Command; Former Commander, Joint Special Operations Command
- Dame Louise Richardson, President Andrew Carnegie Foundation; Former Vice-Chancellor (President), University of Oxford and University of St. Andrews; Author, What Terrorists Want
- Peter Bergen, Vice-President, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University; Author, All the Presidents’ Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America’s War on Terror
Additional speakers and agenda to be announced.
