{"id":701,"date":"2026-01-15T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:54:57","slug":"future-security","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Security"},"template":"","issue_tax":[319],"program_tax":[106],"class_list":["post-701","program","type-program","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"former_program":false,"abstract":"Future Security examines the future of global security in a rapidly changing world\u2014reconsidering how the United States can approach security policy today to improve our preparedness for tomorrow. As a collaborative hub, we work with academics, journalists, former military, and civil society experts to tackle urgent challenges from domestic terrorism and climate change to pandemics, rising authoritarianism, and emerging technologies. In partnership with Arizona State University\u2019s Future Security Initiative, we seek to generate transformative ideas and practical solutions grounded in concrete, interdisciplinary research to improve human flourishing and well-being.\r\n\r\nBy connecting New America\u2019s policy expertise with Arizona State University\u2019s research excellence, we combine groundbreaking reporting with open-source investigations, policy analysis, and case studies to develop a deeper understanding of pressing security issues and chart a new path forward. Working with ASU, our team also contributes to unique educational programming, from an online Master\u2019s degree in global security to professional certificates in competitive statecraft, irregular warfare, and cybersecurity\u2014linking cutting-edge academic research with practical applications. Together, we share our findings and expertise through public forums, live-streamed conversations, podcasts, and high-impact publications designed for diverse audiences, from students and community members to high-level government officials.","helper_social_links":null,"helper_taxonomies":{"issue_tax":[319],"topic_tax":false,"program_tax":[106],"project_tax":[58,175,169],"person_tax":false,"fellowship_tax":false,"event_type":false,"location":false,"insight_type":false,"award":false,"podcast_show_tax":false,"person_type":false,"demographic_key":false,"survey_topic":false,"organization":false},"update_project_details":true,"hide_projects":false,"project_title":"Projects & Initiatives","project_description":"","manually_curate_projects":false,"projects":null},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_featured_content","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_featured_content":{"headline":"","header_button_text":"","manually_curate":true,"posts":[44092,35163,38087,36557],"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_upcoming_event","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_upcoming_event":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_featured_experts","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_featured_experts":{"heading":"","manually_curate":true,"people":[{"choose_person":"post","post":[5317],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null},{"choose_person":"post","post":[5174],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null},{"choose_person":"post","post":[5510],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null},{"choose_person":"post","post":[4092],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null},{"choose_person":"post","post":[1342],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null},{"choose_person":"post","post":[5188],"image":null,"name":"","title":"","link":null}],"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_our_impact","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_our_impact":{"heading":"","posts":"","":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_logo_rail","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_logo_rail":{"title":"","items":null,"":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Future Security - New America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New America\u2019s Future Security program partners with Arizona State University to address urgent global security challenges\u2014from domestic terrorism to armed drones.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Future Security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New America\u2019s Future Security program partners with Arizona State University to address urgent global security challenges\u2014from domestic terrorism to armed drones.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-05T19:54:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NewAmerica\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/\",\"name\":\"Future Security - New America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-15T21:16:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-05T19:54:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"New America\u2019s Future Security program partners with Arizona State University to address urgent global security challenges\u2014from domestic terrorism to armed drones.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Future Security\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/\",\"name\":\"New America - Big Ideas and Bold Solutions\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"New America\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"New America\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAmerica\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewAmerica\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/new-america\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NewamericaOrgideas\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newamericaorg\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Future Security - New America","description":"New America\u2019s Future Security program partners with Arizona State University to address urgent global security challenges\u2014from domestic terrorism to armed drones.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Future Security","og_description":"New America\u2019s Future Security program partners with Arizona State University to address urgent global security challenges\u2014from domestic terrorism to armed drones.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/","og_site_name":"New America","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAmerica","article_modified_time":"2026-05-05T19:54:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@NewAmerica","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/","name":"Future Security - New America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-15T21:16:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-05T19:54:57+00:00","description":"New America\u2019s Future Security program partners with Arizona State University to address urgent global security challenges\u2014from domestic terrorism to armed drones.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/programs\/future-security\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Future Security"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/","name":"New America - Big Ideas and Bold Solutions","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#organization","name":"New America","url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-on-Medium-Teal_1200x675.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"New America"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewAmerica","https:\/\/x.com\/NewAmerica","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/new-america","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NewamericaOrgideas","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newamericaorg\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49500,"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/701\/revisions\/49500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issue_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_tax?post=701"},{"taxonomy":"program_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_tax?post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}