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On September 15, AFPC Kraemer Strategy Fellow Jeff M. Smith hosted a policy lunch for visiting Indian scholar Dr. P.R. Kumaraswamy at a prominent Capitol Hill venue.

On September 9, AFPC President Herman Pirchner, Jr. and Kraemer Strategy Fellow Jeff M. Smith gave a briefing at the Pentagon to the Marine Corps’ Strategic Initiatives Group.

On August 4, 2010, the American Foreign Policy Council hosted a luncheon featuring Zahid Jamil, a leading Pakistani lawyer and activist.

Jeff M. Smith spoke to the National Security Lunch on Capitol Hill, a policy group co-hosted by the president of the Center for Security Policy, Frank Gaffney, and Ed Corrigan, Executive Director of the Senate Steering Committee. Jeff addressed the U.S.-India relationship under President Obama and India's national security challenges in the 21st century, including Pakistan, China, and a Maoist insurgency. A video of his speech can be viewed through the link below.

Lawrence Haas, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, called the resolution negotiated with China and Russia a “Pyrrhic victory” for the Obama administration that will do little to achieve its aim of preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

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On May 20th, the American Foreign Policy Council convened the eighth installment of its Capitol Hill conference series on “Missile Defenses and American Security.” As in previous years, the event brought together leading national security and defense practitioners to examine the current state of the U.S. missile defense system, and ballistic missile threats to the United States. Speakers included: Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC); Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, former director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency; former NASA Associated Deputy Administrator Eric Sterner; former Acting Assistant Defense Secretary Frank Gaffney, and; former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph.

On May 20th, the American Foreign Policy Council convened the eighth installment of its Capitol Hill conference series on “Missile Defenses and American Security.”

On October 20-21, the U.S-Ukraine Foundation held its annual Roundtable on Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood. As in previous years, AFPC served as a major sponsor of the even

AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman was the lead interviewee in the Washington Examiner's April 27, 2010 story on the risks of conflict between Israel and Iran.

On March 23, AFPC Kraemer Strategy Fellow Jeff Smith spoke at a conference titled "Iraq and Afghanistan in Flux" hosted by the University of Central Florida.

On February 11, 2010, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman was interviewed by NewsMax TV on Iran and U.S. policy.

Jeff Smith appeared on Fox News' America's Newsroom program to speak about Predator drone strikes in Pakistan.

Jeff Smith appeared on al Hurra TV's Free Hour to discuss Iraqi border security and regional politics with Faleh Al Fayad, a member of the Iraqi parliament and Bachir Abdel Fatta, a writer at Egypt's Al Ahram newspaper.

Ilan Berman featured on C-Span's Washington Journal to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the Obama administration's outreach efforts to the Islamic Republic.

Jeff Smith interviewed by WDRC Radio (Hartford) on new leadership within the Taliban and the ongoing war effort in Afghanistan.

On July 28, AFPC Kraemer Strategy Fellow Jeff Smith, along with President Herman Pirchner, Jr., hosted a lunch for a visiting Indian official, Mr. Ram Madhav, member of the Central Executive of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Jeff M. Smith was interviewed by Pakistan's Dawn News about the Pakistani military offensive into the Swat Valley and NorthWest Frontier Province.

AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman was cited by former National Security Advisor Robert "Bud" McFarlane in his June 27th op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on U.S. policy toward Iran.

On June 23, 2009, the Independent Working Group (IWG) - of which the American Foreign Policy Council is a co-sponsor - will host a one-day roundtable discussion to explore the broad spectrum of strategic challenges and threats now confronting the United States, and the urgent need to develop a comprehensive counterproliferation strategy that includes missile defense in response. 

On May 29, 2009, AFPC Senior Fellow in Asia Studies Stephen Yates was interviewed on the Fox News Channel regarding North Korea's recent nuclear and missile tests, and their implications for American strategy.