AFPC Director of Asian Security Programs Jeff Smith testified before U.S.-China Commission regarding China in the Indian Ocean.
From November 16 - 21, AFPC organized a delegation of rising U.S. experts and scholars specializing in Asian studies for a visit to the China.
On September 28, AFPC Director for Asia Security Programs, Jeff M. Smith, was an expert speaker at a conference hosted by the Center for the National Interest in Washington, D.C.
On September 13, AFPC Director of Asia Security Programs Jeff M. Smith was part of a small group of U.S. experts invited by the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. to brief the France’s Ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud.
On July 25, 2015, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and; Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa on the topic of the "Iran-North Korea Strategic Alliance."