On July 13, 2011, Jeff M. Smith, along with colleagues Ilan Berman and Rich Harrison, gave a presentation entitled "The Global Scope of Radical Islam" to the Heritage Foundation. The presenation served as a briefing on AFPC's new World Almanac of Islamism, available at almanac.afpc.org
A video of the event can be found at http://www.heritage.org/Events/2011/07/World-Almanac-of-Islamism
On June 22, AFPC Kraemer Strategy Fellow Jeff M. Smith hosted Mr. Arun Jaitley, the leader of the opposition in India’s upper house of parliament (Rajya Sabha) for meetings on Capitol Hill.
AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman interviewed by the Voice of America Russian Service regarding U.S.-Russian relations (in Russian)
Ilan Berman TV interview with Foxnews.com re: Libya campaign
AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman interviewed by XM Radio's Brett Winterble Show regarding political developments in Egypt and Iran.
Ilan Berman Print interview with CNSNews.com re: Russia/U.S. relations
On May 5, AFPC formally unveiled the digital version of its ground-breaking new analytical resource on radical Islam, the World Almanac of Islamism, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The press event featured a keynote address by former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and two-time Pennsylvania Governor Thomas J. Ridge, who described the Almanac as “the first, comprehensive, ongoing resource of its kind of tracking Islamism as a political phenomeno
On May 4, 2011, Jeff M. Smith was interviewed by Jimmy Barrett to discuss the operation that killed Osama bin Laden and U.S.-Pakistan relations
Ilan Berman TV interview with the Fox News Channel re: Libya, Iran
Ilan Berman Print interview with Bloomberg re: Iran and the “Arab Spring”
Ilan Berman radio interview with the BBC Russian service re: Libya
Ilan Berman radio interview with Bill Bennett’s “Morning in America” program re: Mideast revolutions
Ilan Berman radio interview with the Voice of America’s Persian News Network re: Mideast revolutions
Alexander Torshin, First Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council (the upper house of Russia’s parliament) visited DC in early March. While in Washington, AFPC hosted a University Club dinner in honor of the Chairman.
Berman TV interview with the Fox News Channel re: unrest in Iran; U.S. policy
AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman was interviewed on February 28th by Esquire.com on the current turmoil taking place in the Middle East.
Ilan Berman on U.S. policy in Libya in San Francisco Examiner
Ilan Berman print interview with the Washington Examiner re: U.S. Mideast policy
Ilan Berman TV interview with Channel 24 (Turkey) re: Egypt
On February 11, Jeff M. Smith gave an address to a National Security Group that meets weekly on Capitol Hill run by Ed Corrigan, of the Senate Steering Committee and Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy. At the lunch, Jeff M. Smith gave a presentation on U.S.-India military relations and took questions from the audience.