On March 23, AFPC Kraemer Strategy Fellow Jeff Smith spoke at a conference titled "Iraq and Afghanistan in Flux" hosted by the University of Central Florida.

Jeff Smith appeared on Dawn News' Newseye television program to discuss the U.S. surge in Afghanistan and recent developments in Pakistan.

Jeff Smith appeared on Al Hurra's Free Hour TV program to discuss the latest bombings in Iraq and the Iraqi political situation.

Jeff Smith appeared on Dawn News' Newseye program to discuss the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and reports that the U.S. was engaging in direct negotiations with the Afghan Taliban, using Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as intermediaries.

Jeff Smith appeared on Voice of America Mandarin's Issues and Opinions one-hour program to discuss Sino-Indian tensions and the state visit to the U.S. of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Stepehen Yates appeared on Fox News to discuss the ongoing war in Afghanistan and the Obama administration's evolving strategy there.

Jeff Smith appeared on al Hurra TV's Free Hour to discuss Iraqi border security and regional politics with Faleh Al Fayad, a member of the Iraqi parliament and Bachir Abdel Fatta, a writer at Egypt's Al Ahram newspaper.

Ilan Berman featured on C-Span's Washington Journal to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the Obama administration's outreach efforts to the Islamic Republic.

The power struggle that has dominated Ukrainian politics since the Orange Revolution of 2004/2005 will be at least partially resolved by the country’s upcoming presidential elections -- elections that are now almost certain to sweep the greatly unpopular pro-Western president, Victor Yushchenko, from power. What will come after remains to be seen.

On April 28th, 2009, the American Foreign Policy Council convened a Capitol Hill briefing on U.S. policy toward Syria and Lebanon. The event, held under the auspices of the office of Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA-27), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, featured presentations by AFPC’s own Matthew RJ Brodsky; David Schenker of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; United States Institute of Peace scholar Mona Yacoubian, and; Tony Badran of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

On May 6, 2009 Jeff M. Smith appeared on the Australia Broadcasting Corporation's "News Breakfast" morning program to discussthe deteriorating security situation in Pakistan and the visit of Afghan president Hamid Karzai and Pakistani president Asif Zardari to the United States.

From February 23 to March 3, 2009, AFPC sponsored a ten-person delegation to China led by Dr. William Schneider, Jr., former Undersecretary of State and current Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Science Board.

On Tuesday, February 24, Jeff Smith was interviewed live on Al-Hurra's "Free Hour" Television program regarding the status of U.S.-Iraqi relations and other developments in the Middle East.

Jeff Smith interviewed on Dawn's NEWSEYE TV program.

On February 4, 2009, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman was the featured guest on the Voice of America's On The Line program, where he discussed the current state of U.S. policy toward Iran, and the likely next steps for the Obama administration in its approach to the Islamic Republic.

The Fall 2008 issue of Demokratizatsiya, the scholarly journal of post-Soviet democratization, carried AFPC President Herman Pirchner”s 14 page article, “The Uncertain Future Sino-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century”.

On October 15 and 16, 2008, the annual roundtable series titled Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood was held at the Library of Congress, also the event’s principal sponsor. AFPC is a longtime partner and co-sponsor of the series, and as a member of the event’s Steering Committee, AFPC’s Jeff Smith worked with the conference organizer, Center for US-Ukrainian Relations founder Walter Zaryckj, to plan and coordinate the two-day event.

From December 9-14, AFPC hosted a six person delegation of senior Chinese officials in Washington, DC. The delegation was led by Mr. Zhang Zhijun, Vice Minister of the CPC Central Committee’s International Department - a position roughly equivalent to an American Under Secretary of State.

On September 19, 2008, AFPC Research Fellow Jeff Smith was interviewed by Pakistan's Dawn news radio regarding the current state of U.S.-Pakistani relations.

 On September 3-4, 2008, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman was interviewed by the Iranian reformist newspaper E'temad regarding future U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic. 

From August 29 to September 5, AFPC hosted the Minnesota trip of three officials from the Chinese Association For International Understanding (CAFIU). The delegation’s participation in events surrounding the Republican Convention helped them evalute Sino-U.S. relations in a then-possible McCain Administration.

On September 1, 2008, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman was interviewed on the Voice of America's Russian-language "Talk To America" program regarding the Western response to the Russian-Georgian conflict, and the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.

On August 27, 2008, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman was interviewed on the Voice of America's "On The Line" program regarding the conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia.

In early July, AFPC Fellow in Asia Studies Joshua Eisenman and former US Ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn published an AFPC Policy Paper titled “Responding to China in Africa.” The twelve-page report, which has been distributed widely on Capitol Hill and within the Administration, serves as a predecessor and a summary to their book which is to be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2009.

On August 6, 2008, AFPC Research Fellow Jeff M. Smith was interviewed by the Voice of America for a print article on plans by Pakistan's ruling coalition to impeach Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf .

From June 3-11, 2008, the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) sponsored a five-person delegation to the People’s Republic of China. The group, led by General Peter Pace (USMC, ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, included AFPC’s John Wobensmith and Ilan Berman, Paul Behrends, a principal at the law firm of Cromwell and Mooring, and Raymond Kellish, President and CEO of Blue Water Irrigation, Inc. During their eight day visit, delegation members held high-level meetings on military and strategic affairs with Party officials in Beijing, and visited China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region

On May 28th, AFPC arranged meetings for a delegation of officials from Hong Kong who came to the U.S. to study our election process in advance of helping to make electoral reforms in Hong Kong. Delegation leader Zheng Kunsheng (the number two official in Hong Kong) and his colleagues showed special interest in how campaign contributions are regulated in the US.

On April 28^th, 2008, AFPC and the Heinrich Boell Foundation co-sponsored a seminal conference on China’s expanding influence in Africa. The conference, entitled “Current Developments and Trends in China’s Relations with African Countries,” served as an opportunity for participants to review the policy findings and recommendations developed by AFPC Fellow in Asia Studies Joshua Eisenman and Ambassador David Shinn during their research study on China's relations with African countries. Their research will culminate in a co-authored book on China-Africa relations to be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

In August, AFPC again partnered with the McCormick Tribune Foundation to host a working group on the threat posted by Iran and potential U.S. responses. The event, a follow-on to last year's AFPC-McCormick conference, "Forging an Iran Strategy," brought together leading national security experts, former government officials, military specialists and civic leaders to examine the next steps in the unfolding crisis with Iran.

On July 26, 2007, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman briefed the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (The Helsinki Commission) on the changes taking place in Turkish domestic and foreign policy, and the implications of that country's summer 2007 elections.

From July 2-9, 2007, former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich led an American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)-sponsored delegation to Russia. The Moscow meetings took place immediately following the Bush-Putin summit in Maine, which attempted to improve what has become a very difficult and contentious relationship.

On May 24, 2007, AFPC Senior Associate Wayne Merry testified before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (The Helsinki Commission) on the subject of Russia's changing domestic and foreign policies

AFPC President Herman Pirchner traveled to Moscow in February 2007 to witness and briefly speak before a meeting of Russia’s Public Chamber. The Public Chamber is a new institution in Russia - a national body created by statue which advises the legislature (State Duma) and President on relevant legislation and monitors the implementation of new laws. The Chamber, whose members serve for unpaid, two-year terms, is composed of respected Russian professionals and academics with no ties to political parties.

On June 23, 2005, AFPC, in cooperation with the Center for US-Ukrainian Relations (CUSUR) and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), sponsored the second annual U.S.-Ukrainian Security Dialogue on Capitol Hill.

Between June 17-21, 2006, a ten-person American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) delegation led by General Richard B. Myers, USAF (Ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. armed forces visited China. Delegation members included former Undersecretary of Defense Dov Zakheim; Gen. Wayne Downing, former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command; former NSC Arms Control Director Sven Kraemer, and other national security experts. The trip marked the 24th such exchange of views facilitated by AFPC over the past 12 years.

In late February 2006, Valentina Matvienko, Governor of the St. Petersburg oblast, visited Washington, D.C. to discuss matters of cooperation between the Russian and American governments.

On February 1^st, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman was one of three experts to testify before the full Committee on Armed Services of the U.S House of Representatives on the subject of confronting a nuclear Iran.

A fourteen-member American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) delegation visited China from October 28th to November 5th. The delegation, led by former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, included William Schneider, Jr., Chairman of the Defense Department’s Defense Science Board, former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security Susan Neely, AFPC President Herman Pirchner, Jr. and AFPC Vice President John Wobensmith.

In mid-July, DOD Defense Science Board Chairman William Schneider and American Foreign Policy Council President Herman Pirchner, Jr. traveled to Moscow as part of the ongoing Russian-American Dialogue program.

AFPC kicked off the summer by hosting a five-member Chinese delegation headed by CPC International Department Vice Minister Mr. Zhang Zhijun and Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU) Senior Research Fellow Liao Dong.

AFPC Senior Associate Wayne Merry participated in a major conference on “Asia-Pacific Realities, Perspectives, Projects: XXI Century” at Russia’s Far Eastern State University in Vladivostok, from November 29^th to the 31^st, 2002.

The American Foreign Policy Council continued its tradition of U.S.-China exchanges last fall with a week-long trip to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Since last year’s presidential crisis in Ukraine, the importance of U.S.-Ukrainian relations has taken on a new significance.  Not only is Ukraine delicately balanced between East and West it is also one of the five largest recipients of U.S. foreign aid.  Yet the country is too often considered only in the shadow of her Russian neighbor.

AFPC was pleased to assist the US Congress-Russian Duma Study Group in hosting a delegation of members of the Russian Duma (lower chamber of parliament). The Honorable Lyubov K. Sliska, the First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma (the number two position in the Duma), headed the delegation, which visited Washington June 19-20, 2001.

On February 28, AFPC hosted an intimate dinner for the Chairman of the Mexican Senate Committee on International Relations, Mr. Fernando Margain.  Senator Margain is an articulate advocate of close US-Mexican relations.  His visit occurred soon after President Bush and President Fox of Mexico met to discuss this important bilateral relationship.

The Duma-Congress Study Group, the formal coordinating body between the Russian Parliament and the US Congress, in cooperation with the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) organized the GPP convention visit of Unity Party parliamentary head Boris Gryzlov.  Unity is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party.

To intensify and regularize staff exchange work, AFPC organized an April delegation to Moscow of House staffers.  The Honorable Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House of Representatives, led the delegation on a reciprocal staff visit.

The American Foreign Policy Council has recognized the importance of supporting institutions, not personalities, as Russia tries to find its way.  AFPC has long promoted ties between the legislative branches of Russia and the U.S. to help develop separation of powers in Russia, and to inform the U.S. Congress better about Russian developments.

From October 9-17, 1999, AFPC conducted its sixth annual fact-finding mission to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

The Library of Congress’ Russian Leadership Program (RLP) got off with a bang in the summer of 1999 when over 2,000 Russian officials visited the U.S. AFPC coordinated the congressional part of the program, co-chaired by Rep. Roger Wicker (R-MS-1) and Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL-5).  Delegations were hosted by 32 members of Congress.