Events

AFPC President Herman Pirchner traveled to Moscow in February 2007 to witness and briefly speak before a meeting of Russia’s Public Chamber. The Public Chamber is a new institution in Russia - a national body created by statue which advises the legislature (State Duma) and President on relevant legislation and monitors the implementation of new laws. The Chamber, whose members serve for unpaid, two-year terms, is composed of respected Russian professionals and academics with no ties to political parties.

From January 30th to February 7th, 2007, AFPC experts and associates took part in a high-level fact-finding mission to India. The six-member delegation, headed by former Pennsylvania governor and Homeland Security Secretary Thomas J. Ridge, included Pentagon Defense Science Board Chairman William Schneider, AFPC President Herman Pirchner, Jr., AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman, AFPC Senior Fellow in Asia Studies Stephen Yates, and Moffat & Company president Nathaniel Moffat.

From December 3rd to the 10th, 2006, AFPC was pleased to host the Washington visit of world-renowned Russian physicist and civil society advocate Evgeny Velikhov. Velikhov is a national figure in Russia, active in the fields of democracy, the environment and education.

On June 23, 2005, AFPC, in cooperation with the Center for US-Ukrainian Relations (CUSUR) and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), sponsored the second annual U.S.-Ukrainian Security Dialogue on Capitol Hill.

On June 20, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman testified before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security on the topic of "The Iranian Nuclear Impasse: Next Steps."