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Mr. Jia Qinglin, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC (4th highest ranking political official in China), meets with AFPC Advisory Board Member Speaker Newt Gingrich and AFPC delegates in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

AFPC President Herman Pirchner, Jr. meets with long-time mayor of Sevastopol in his June 2009 trip to Ukraine.

AFPC Advisory Board member Dr. William Schneider, former Under Secretary of State and DoD Science Board Chairman, and Gen. Xiong Guangkai, Chairman of the Chinese Institute for Strategic Studies and former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, discuss Sino-U.S. relation.

AFPC Research Fellow and Program Officer Rich Harrison poses with Mdm. Chen, Aijing, Director General of Xiamen Foreign Affairs Office on the AFPC bi-partisan delegation to China in February 2009

AFPC Advisory Board member Amb. Richard McCormack, former Under Secretary of State and current Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch, is pictured with Mr. Guo Shuqing, Chairman of China's Construction Bank during the AFPC August 2009 delegation to Asia

Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ-2nd) Member, House Armed Services Committee Chairman, House Missile Defense Caucus speaks at the AFPC Missile Defense conference moderated by AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman

South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo joins Speaker Newt Gingrich and AFPC delegates for a picture after a meeting in August 2009

Steve Yates, AFPC Senior Fellow in Asia Studies and former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, is shown making one of his frequent appearances in the news

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Bazaar Events
By Ilan Berman
Washington Times
July 27, 2010

Long-time observers of American politics know that in order to truly put your finger on the pulse of the nation, you have to watch Wall Street. Savvy Iran-watchers will tell you that to do the same in the Islamic republic, you need to keep your eye on the bazaar.

Iran's sprawling marketplaces are more than simply centers of commerce. They are home to a powerful class of merchants who historically have served as key power brokers in the country's labyrinthine political system. Indeed, as the renowned historian Walter Laqueur astutely pointed out in the wake of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the shah's loss of support among the country's shopkeepers and merchants was an important part of why Ruhollah Khomeini's clerical takeover ultimately succeeded. Simply put, Iran's businessmen no longer felt invested in the old, secular status quo. The rest, as they say, is history.


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