Iran is emerging as a critical foreign policy priority for the Biden Administration, but its approach seems to be profoundly different from that of its predecessor. American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) senior Vice President Ilan Berman elaborates.  

Related reading:  Iran's Ayatollahs Want a New Deal (Newsweek, 2/1/21) https://bit.ly/36Aa6AM

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BJax4djQkk&feature=youtu.be

AFPC director for external relations Annie Swingen chats with Amb. David Shinn and AFPC senior fellow for China studies and associate professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs Dr. Joshua Eisenman regarding the recently release of the Chinese translation of their 2012 book, "China in Africa: A Century of Engagement" (Penn Press) and their next book project slated for publication in 2021.  

China in Africa: A Century of Engagement - https://www.amazon.com/China-Africa-Engagement-David-Shinn/dp/0812244192

Reviews:

Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2012-10-31/china-and-africa-century-engagement

Carnegie Council: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/articles_papers_reports/0150

Sage Publications: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0009445513491529?journalCode=chra

Research Fellow and Program Officer Jacob McCarty discusses Sudan's recent normalization of relations with Israel.

AFPC  fellow in defense studies Jennifer McArdle discusses "Defense  Transformation and the Future of Warfare" with director for external  relations Annie Swingen on the latest episode of AFPC INSIGHTS.

AFPC's Central Asia-Caucasus Institute director Svante Cornell discusses the recent flare-up in tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia. 

Additional reading:

The International Politics of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict: The Original "Frozen Conflict" and European Security (Palgrave McMillan, 2017) 

U.S. public diplomacy in general, and in particular the agency that oversees it, known as the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has become the topic of considerable political controversy in recent months. AFPC Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs Jim Robbins has been following the issue closely and on this episode of AFPC INSIGHTS, provides a sense of the current state of America’s global messaging – and the problems that are currently plaguing it.   

Additional resources:   The Trouble With the Open Technology Fund, September 2, 2020, Newsweek James S. Robbins 

AFPC senior vice president Ilan Berman discusses the historic Aug. 13, 2020 Israel-UAE peace deal.  Additional reading:   New Mideast Peace Deal Reflects a Broader U.S. Strategy  (Newsweek, August 17, 2020) https://www.newsweek.com/new-mideast-...

AFPC senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy Lawrence Haas breaks down the implications new Sino-Iranian accord for the AFPC Insights series.    

Further reading: U.S. Needs a Broad Response to China-Iran Moves (7/16/20) https://www.newsweek.com/us-needs-bro...

AFPC Director for Defense Technology Programs and Vice President of Operations Richard M. Harrison discusses the significance of space and outlines why the U.S. needs a comprehensive space strategy to compete with China.  

Additional reading:  We Are in a New Space Race, and America Needs to Win, Newsweek (7/10/20) Richard Harrison & Peter Garretson https://www.newsweek.com/we-are-new-s... 

Why the new X-37 space plane mission is a big deal, Politico (5/15/20) Peter Garretson https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05...  

How Congress should grade the Space Force doctrine, The Hill (5/19/20) Peter Garretson https://thehill.com/opinion/technolog...

AFPC's Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI) Director Dr. Svante E. Cornell discusses the recent e-CAMCA (Central Asia, Mongolia, Caucasus, Afghanistan) regional conference organized by CACI and the Rumsfeld Foundation , the region's response to COVID-19, progress with political and economic reforms, risks and opportunities for regional states with regard to China-U.S.-Russia competition in the region.

e-CAMCA 2020 panels: 

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