On July 18, Dr. S. Frederick Starr, Chairman of AFPC's Central Asia-Caucasus Institute testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
From June 21-23, AFPC's CACI and the Rumsfeld Foundation hosted the seventh annual CAMCA (Central Asia-Mongolia-Caucasus-Afghanistan) Regional Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Uzbekistan has remained staunchly secular and taken a firm stand against extremist movements since independence.
AFPC's Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI) continued its long-term partnership with the International Monetary Fund with a forum entitled "IMF’s Economic Outlook for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
On May 17, AFPC’s CACI held a forum on Capitol Hill on the subject of "Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit."