WEBINAR (4/2/25): Contemporary Economic Warfare with Dr. Alicia Ellis, Director of the MAGS Program at ASU
The era of free trade that characterized the last 75 years is rapidly shifting into an era of geoeconomics. Geopolitical competition and conflict increasingly play out in the economic domain, catching firms, markets, and people in the crosshairs. What is driving this trend? What does it mean for the future of global commerce? Join us on April 2nd to learn how states use the economic tools at their disposal for geopolitical ends, incorporating economic strategies into both kinetic and grey zone warfare in the struggle for global dominance.
This is part of a series of events featuring faculty from the ASU Online M.A. in Global Security (MAGS) and the Future Security Initiative at Arizona State University.
Date: April 2, 2025
Time: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Arizona Time (7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Eastern)
Online: Via Zoom
Alicia Ellis
Director, MA in Global Security
Teaching Assistant Professor, Future Security Initiative
Dr. Alicia Ellis is an Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Security program at Arizona State University. She develops coursework on national and international security, economic statecraft, geopolitics, and war & conflict.
Alicia was appointed as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2012, during which she served as an analyst at the Department of Treasury’s Office of Financial Research and later as a policy analyst for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. She studied Russian language at the Institute of World Politics, including six weeks immersion training in Odessa, Ukraine. A former Air Force officer, she served two deployments as an Air Battle Manager in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, including three months as the Joint Air Operations Center Liaison Officer. She received her B.S. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University, her M.A. in International Relations from St. Mary’s University, and her PhD in Political Science from Arizona State University.
