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AFPC June 2025 Ukraine Delegation Trip Report

July 8, 2025 Annie SwingenHerman Pirchner, Jr.E. Wayne Merry American Foreign Policy Council

From June 27 - July 5, 2025, the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) supported a high-level delegation to Ukraine. The bipartisan group—including senior experts from the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—traveled to Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, and Warsaw. Herman Pirchner, AFPC President, led the 9-person delegation. The delegation, organized and staffed by AFPC Vice President for External Relations Annie Swingen, met with Ukrainian government officials, military leaders, civil society representatives, and international partners (a full list of delegation meetings is available at the end of this report). The discussions were wide ranging, but mostly focused on the current state of Ukraine’s war effort, the country’s evolving national identity, and the outlook for continued Western support. What follows is a summary of the delegation’s key findings.

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Winning the New Space Race: Advice for the Next Administration
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Trans-Atlantic Relations: A Primer for Our New President 
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Can Europe arm itself?

February 29, 2024 E. Wayne Merry AFPC Insights

There is no question that many European countries badly — very badly — need to restore their force structures and defense industries. However, they now need to do so within a time frame shorter than it would take to establish an EU-wide procurement system and czar, let alone to alter the bloc’s funding priorities.