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.