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 September 24, AFPC’s Defense Technology program hosted AFPC hosted Mr. David Trachtenberg on Capitol Hill for a lunch briefing on “Protecting the War-fighter in an Austere Budget Environment.
From September 4 – 10, AFPC Vice President Ilan Berman traveled to Herzliya, Israel to participate in the 15th annual World Summit on Counter-Terrorism.
From August 24-29, AFPC organized a delegation of mid-career foreign policy experts to travel to Beijing and Qingdao in Shandong Province.
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."