Covid-19 as a ‘Hinge Event’ and the Implications for the U.S. Security, ASU Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies Annual Lecture Series

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Covid-19 as a ‘Hinge Event’ and the Implications for the U.S. Security
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ASU Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies Annual Lecture Series featuring

Professor Peter L. Bergen and Professor Daniel Rothenberg

Professor Souad T. Ali, CAIS Founding Chair, Moderator

The pandemic is forcing us to rethink and update our understanding of national security. COVID-19 has profoundly interfered with the life of our nation and we must treat it as one of the most significant threats to our national security in decades. Well over 200,000 people have died from the coronavirus, as millions of jobs have been lost and entire industries devastated. Indeed, the coronavirus crisis is shaping up to be “hinge event” in American History, like the Great Depression or 9/11. It is reshaping the world, politically, globally, socially and economically and it is also revealing major structural weaknesses in American society and undermining already fraying trust in the capacity of the US government to respond effectively to core security challenges. In this event, ASU faculty Peter L. Bergen and Daniel Rothenberg discuss how COVID-19 requires radical new perspectives on national and global security which can only be effectively addressed through innovation, a new “language” of security and a shift from a defense model to one of resilience.

Co-Sponsored by the Center on the Future of War

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