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.
On April 28th, 2009, the American Foreign Policy Council convened a Capitol Hill briefing on U.S. policy toward Syria and Lebanon. The event, held under the auspices of the office of Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA-27), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, featured presentations by AFPC’s own Matthew RJ Brodsky; David Schenker of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; United States Institute of Peace scholar Mona Yacoubian, and; Tony Badran of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
On April 10, AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman appeared on the Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom" program to discuss Iran's most recent nuclear advances, and the state of U.S. strategy toward the Islamic Republic.
AFPC Vice President for Policy Ilan Berman was cited in an April 3rd story by the Jerusalem Post over differing assessments of the Iranian threat within the Obama administration.