On June 1, AFPC’s Defense Technology program continued its lunchtime briefing series for Congressional Staff in the House and Senate with a briefing on "Engineering Humans for War: The Future of Super Soldiers - Opportunities, Concerns, and Options for Legislation."
On May 24, AFPC Senior Vice President Ilan Berman was one of three experts called to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade regarding the global threat of Iran.
On June 15, AFPC hosted a private dinner in the U.S. Capitol for a visiting delegation of Ukrainian officials headed by Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy and Health Minister Ulana Suprun.
Launched in 2008, the Rumsfeld Fellowship Program hosts rising young leaders from Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan and Mongolia in the U.S. to promote better understanding and stronger relations among the people of their respective countries, as well as between America and the region.
On March 14, AFPC Director for Asian Security Programs Jeff M. Smith and AFPC Senior Fellow for China Studies Joshua Eisenman co-hosted a briefing in the U.S. Senate for Capitol Hill staff entitled "Xi's Trillion Dollar Gambit: How China's 'One Belt One Road' (OBOR) is Reshaping Asia and the World."