U.S. foreign policy officials recently had the occasion to hear about the strife in Bosnia-Herzegovina firsthand. In January, two distinguished Bosnian leaders addressed congressional staffers about the ongoing struggles at an AFPC luncheon.
Without frank discussion of difficult issues in U.S.-China relations, the room for miscalculation and misunderstanding grows. As part of its commitment to educated decision-making, AFPC has just completed its Fall 1997 exchange with the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU).
While Russia faces uncertainty with its people engaged in astruggle for democracy, the American Foreign Policy Council has launched the Russian Parliament Exchange Program. The program was established in May of last year at the request of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Russian parliament.
Last December, Mr. Andrei Kolosovsky, Charge d’Affaires of the Russian Embassy, was the guest of honor at an AFPC-sponsored dinner in Washington, D.C
In late September, 1992, AFPC sponsored a trip for senior policy analysts to Russia. The delegation sought to achieve a deeper understanding of the difficult and complicated circumstances there. The purpose of the trip was to study the economic, political and social situation in the country through a number of channels including meetings with Parliamentary leaders, government officials, journalists, business executives and others, and through general exposure to life in Moscow and its environs.