Between July 31 and August 6, 2013, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman traveled to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel. While there, he met with Israeli officials, statesmen and defense specialists to discuss Israel’s changing security environment, the current state of Israeli foreign policy, and future strategic challenges facing the Jewish state.
On July 23, in the United States Capitol’s historic Mansfield Room, AFPC organized a reception and dinner in honor of Mr. Rajnath Singh, the head of India’s largest opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
On July 16, AFPC President Herman Pirchner, Jr. spoke in Kiev, Ukraine at a Conference titled US-Ukraine Security Dialogue IV.
Between July 7 and July 13, AFPC Director of Operations and Defense Technology Programs Richard Harrison participated in a policy experts’ fact-finding delegation to Israel.
From April 14-21, AFPC sponsored a delegation to China led by former Under Secretary of State Paula Dobriansky (2001-2009). This trip marked the latest installment of an exchange program with the PRC that began in 1994.