Missile defense priorities: the view from Congress
On March 10th, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) addressed the American Foreign Policy Council's seventh annual Capitol Hill conference on "Missile Defenses and American Security." ." Senator Kyl, one of the leading proponents of missile defense in Congress, discussed the current strategic challenges confronting the United States, and the role of Congress in mobilizing an effective response. Click here to read the transcript

Robert Reilly joins AFPC as Senior Fellow
The American Foreign Policy Council is pleased to announce that Robert R. Reilly has joined the Council as Senior Fellow in Strategic Communications. Click here to read the press release

The National Intelligence "Guesstimate"
What a difference a few days can make. In recent weeks, the White House appeared to be gaining serious ground in its efforts to cobble together an international consensus to confront Iran. Today, however, Administration officials are desperately trying to put the pieces of their Iran policy back together. The culprit is the intelligence community's new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which asserts that the Iranian regime currently is not in the business of making nuclear weapons. In the December 6th edition of The American Spectator, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman explains why the NIE is built around a number of faulty premises -- and why skepticism about its conclusions is warranted. Click here to read

Confronting Iran: U.S. Options
The American Foreign Policy Council is pleased to announce the publication of Confronting Iran: U.S. Options, the final report of a joint working group held by AFPC and the McCormick Tribune Foundation in August 2007. This groundbreaking study examines the diplomatic, informational, economic and military options available to the United States in confronting the growing challenge posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Click here to read

Military action against Iran?
On November 14th, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs on the subject of possible military action against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Click here to read

Iran sanctions and regional security
On October 23rd, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia on the subject of Iran-related sanctions and economic pressure against the Iranian regime. Click here to read

An alternative vision of missile defense
The Bush administration has made considerable contribution to the deployment of a ballistic missile defense system since taking office, chief among them its courageous decision to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in 2002. In recent times, however, the White House has stopped short of fielding a capable defense, embracing a “balanced” approach that focuses overwhelmingly on ground-based midcourse defenses. In the October 22nd edition of Defense News, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman, former Strategic Defense Initiative Director Henry Cooper and Robert Pfaltzgraff of Tufts University's Fletcher School take issue with the Bush administration's approach to missile defense, and argue for greater emphasis on both sea- and space-based defenses. Click here to read

Flawed federalism
Timing, the old saying goes, is everything. Just ask Sen. Joseph Biden, Delaware Democrat. For years, he has been sounding the bell about the need to devolve Iraq into its constituent parts: one Kurdish, one Sunni and one Shi'ite. And for years, his suggestions about Iraqi "federalism" have fallen on deaf ears. But now, in the wake of Gen. David Petraeus' long-awaited September report on the "surge," Mr. Biden's idea for the former Ba'athist state is suddenly getting some traction. In the October 19th Washington Times, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman explains the real strategic and political costs associated with the idea of Iraqi "federalism." Click here to read

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