On February 1, 2006, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services on the topic of "Confronting A Nuclear Iran." Below is his written statement.
AFPC kicked off the summer by hosting a five-member Chinese delegation headed by CPC International Department Vice Minister Mr. Zhang Zhijun and Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU) Senior Research Fellow Liao Dong.
On March 9, 2005, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman testified before the U.S Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on the topic of "The Russian-Syrian Connection: Thwarting Democracy In The Middle East And The Greater OSCE Region."
AFPC Senior Associate Wayne Merry participated in a major conference on “Asia-Pacific Realities, Perspectives, Projects: XXI Century” at Russia’s Far Eastern State University in Vladivostok, from November 29th to the 31st, 2002.
Since last year’s presidential crisis in Ukraine, the importance of U.S.-Ukrainian relations has taken on a new significance. Not only is Ukraine delicately balanced between East and West it is also one of the five largest recipients of U.S. foreign aid. Yet the country is too often considered only in the shadow of her Russian neighbor.