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  On September 14, AFPC Kraemer Strategy Fellow Jeff M. Smith briefs former Secretary of the Navy Amb. J. William Middendorf and others on security issues threatening southeast Asia in the AFPC conference room.

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  Please review the February 2012 edition of AFPC's new quarterly e-journal covering national security and defense issues.

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  AFPC delegates meet with Major Gen. (ret.) Gong Xianfu. Left to right: Dr. William Schneider, former Undersecretary of State; interpreter, Gen. Richard Myers, former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs; Dr. Dov Zakheim, former Undersecretary of Defense.

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  Russian State Duma Member Igor Igoshin (United Russia) and Russian delegation leader Academician Evgeney Velikhov pose for a picture at an AFPC-sponsored delegation in DC October 2011.

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  AFPC Senior Fellow for Europe and Eurasia E. Wayne Merry testified before the Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe (commonly known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission), December 2011.

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  AFPC delegation leader and former Director of the Office of Management and Budget Dr. James Miller meets with Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC, Mr. Yu Hongjun in Beijing, November 2011.

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  Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH) delivers the keynote speech at AFPC's tenth annual "Missile Defenses and American Security" conference, November 2011.

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  Gen. Richard Myers (ret.) looks on as former Undersecretary of State Dr. William Schneider, Jr. and AFPC President Mr. Herman Pirchner, Jr., share a light moment between meetings with PRC Vice Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Zhang Zhijun.

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  AFPC Staff and Advisory Board members pose with Mr. Liu Jieyi, Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC after a September 7th dinner meeting in Washington, DC.

Amid signs that Armenia and Azerbaijan may once more be edging towards armed conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Wayne Merry argues that the West needs to act fast, rather than allow an old and fruitless mediation process to meander on.