American Foreign Policy Council
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| Abbreviation | AFPC |
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| Motto | Dedicated to bringing information to those who make or influence the foreign policy of the United States and to assisting world leaders with building democracies and market economies |
| Formation | 1982 |
| Type | U.S. foreign policy think tank |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC, United States |
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Revenue (2015)
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$1,841,033 |
| Expenses (2015) | $1,552,242 |
| Website | www.afpc.org |
The American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) is an American conservativenon-profit U.S. foreign policy think tank operating in Washington, D.C., since 1982. Its foreign and defense policy specialists provide information to members of US Congress, the Executive Branch, and the US policymaking community, as well as world leaders outside the US (particularly in the former USSR).
In addition, AFPC publishes strategic reports and other reports monitoring the policy progress of other countries from a conservative standpoint (particularly Russia, China, countries in the Middle East and in Asia). Common topics include security (missile defense, arms control, energy security, espionage) as well as the ongoing status of democracy and market economies in countries of interest.
Launched in 2006, the American Foreign Policy Council's Central Asia Counterterrorism Project was designed to provide American politicians and journalists with new sources of information from Central Asia about ways to effectively wage the “war of ideas” against radical Islam, drawing on the Central Asian experience with the phenomenon. The project culminated in December 2006 with the publication of Central Asian Responses to Radical Islam in order to assist with the continuing war against radical Islam.
The American Foreign Policy Council China and East Asia Program is recognized in Washington and internationally as a catalyst for critical analysis on political, military and social developments in and related to the People's Republic of China and its neighbors. The program centers around three main initiatives- US-China delegations, publications and conferences, and the China Reform Monitor.
Today, more than a decade-and-a-half after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the phenomenon of radical Islam remains poorly understood by the U.S. government and the American public. During the Bush era, U.S. counterterrorism policy was progressively subsumed by the conflict in Iraq, much to the detriment of early momentum against radical forces in the greater Middle East. Thereafter, over President Obama’s two terms in office, the importance of combating radical Islamic movements and ideas has progressively waned. Yet, in the greater Middle East and beyond, the forces of religious radicalism remain in the ascent. Greater popular awareness of these trends and actors, as well as their implications for American security, are necessary for informed bipartisan U.S. policy toward the Muslim world. The objective of forging such a consensus lies at the core of the American Foreign Policy Council’s Countering Islamic Extremism Project.
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