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VIDEO - Executive vs Congress Debate Part 1

March 11, 2016 Herman Pirchner, Jr. YouTube

The Executive Branch vs Congressional Prerogatives in National Security Decisions (Part 1) Moderator: Will Ruger Speakers: Louis Fisher, Robert Turner

E. Wayne Merry Book Talk: “Roots of Russia’s war in Ukraine”

March 9, 2016

In February 2014, Russia initiated a war in Ukraine, its reasons for aggression unclear. Each of this volume's authors offers a distinct interpretation of Russia's motivations, untangling the social, historical, and political factors that created this war and continually reignite its tensions.

AFPC Hosts Ukraine’s First Deputy Speaker of the Rada

February 29, 2016

On February 29, First Deputy Speaker of the Rada (Ukraine’s parliament) Andriy Parubiy met with a small group of senior AFPC specialists on Ukraine and Russia led by former Under Secretary of State (and AFPC Advisory Board member) Robert Joseph and AFPC President Herman Pirchner, Jr.

Congressional Testimony: AFPC VP Ilan Berman | The Future of Iranian Terror and Its Threat to the U.S. Homeland| U.S.House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security

February 11, 2016 Ilan I. Berman

On February 11, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman was one of three experts called to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence regarding the evolving nature of the threat posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran to the U.S. homeland.