On April 8, the National Defense University (NDU) hosted Director of South Asia Programs Jeff M. Smith for a talk on U.S. national security policy at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies’ annual seminar for Next Generation Leaders.
On March 25, 2014, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on the topic of "U.S. Disengagement from Latin America: Compromised Security and Economic Interests."
On February 4, the eve of revolutionary unrest in Ukraine, AFPC hosted a lunch for Mr. Oleh Medunytsya, a Member of the Ukrainian Rada (Parliament)and Vice Commander of the Euro-Maidan.
On January 28 AFPC was pleased to again play host to a delegation from Istanbul’s Bahcesehir University, one of Turkey’s most dynamic institutions of higher learning.
On January 15, 2014, AFPC Director for South Asia Programs Jeff M. Smith testified before the U.S. House of Representatives in a joint hearing held by the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific