American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)

08/19/2026

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨

Don’t miss AFPC Senior VP Ilan Berman's latest piece in The National Interest, "What's Driving Israel's 'New Exodus'?"

🔗 Read here: https://www.afpc.org/publications/articles/whats-driving-israels-new-exodus

08/18/2026

RUSSIA POLICY MONITOR NO. 2739

01: Is Russia ready to test NATO's resolve?
02: Ukraine's Wildberries campaign
03: A Syrian pivot away from Russia
04: Russia cracks down on crypto money laundering
05: Moscow threatens Europe's ships

Read RPM No. 2739 here: https://www.afpc.org/publications/bulletins/russia-reform-monitor/russia-policy-monitor-no-2739

08/17/2026

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨

Don’t miss AFPC Senior VP Ilan Berman's latest piece in Forbes, "Putin Is Afraid Of An Election He Can't Lose."

🔗 Read here: https://www.afpc.org/publications/articles/putin-is-afraid-of-an-election-he-cant-lose

08/14/2026

🔈Listen to UkraineWorld chief editor and president of PEN Ukraine Volodymyr Yermolenko and AFPC Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy Thomas Kent's recent discussion regarding Kent's research and new book, The Propaganda Manual of the Ukraine War (AFPC Press, 2026).

Why should we take Russian propaganda seriously?

08/12/2026

Listen to this fascinating podcast interview with AFPC senior fellow for public diplomacy Tom Kent on Critical Conditions with hosts Claire Berlinski and Dan Perry. On it Kent discusses his new book, The Propaganda Manual of the Ukraine War.

About Tom Kent: Kent was Moscow bureau chief, international editor and later standards editor at the Associated Press, and went on to become president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He now teaches at Columbia University and works on Russian affairs and propaganda.

Uber-journalist and Russia expert Tom Kent appears on the CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 78

08/11/2026

📢 New Public Diplomacy Paper

Planning for the Next Iranian Internet Blackout
By Calla O'Neil

On February 28, 2026, Iranian authorities cut all internet access, plunging Iran into what became an 88-day nationwide blackout—the longest in modern history. What does this shutdown reveal about the Islamic Republic's increasingly sophisticated censorship regime, and what lessons can we apply to strengthen existing and new circumvention tools to keep Iranians online the next time Tehran moves to disconnect them?

🔗 Click below to read the full report:
https://www.afpc.org/publications/policy-papers/planning-for-the-next-iranian-internet-blackout

08/11/2026

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨

Don’t miss AFPC Senior Fellow Lawrence J. Haas' latest piece, "How the Premature Gaza and Iran Deals Weakened U.S. Credibility."

🔗 Read here: https://www.afpc.org/publications/articles/how-the-premature-gaza-and-iran-deals-weakened-u.s-credibility

08/11/2026

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨

Don’t miss AFPC Senior VP Ilan Berman's latest piece in Forbes, "Taiwan's Information War Comes Home."

🔗 Read here: https://www.afpc.org/publications/articles/taiwans-information-war-comes-home

08/10/2026

RUSSIA POLICY MONITOR NO. 2738

01: Russian civilian casualties on the rise
02: A fickle air raid system
03: A Russo-Ukrainian battle for the pump
04: Recruitment by force
05: Russia's liberals become a domestic political threat

Read RPM No. 2738 here: https://www.afpc.org/publications/bulletins/russia-reform-monitor/russia-policy-monitor-no-2738

08/06/2026

CHINA POLICY MONITOR NO. 1686

01: China expands spy operations in Cuba
02: Beijing, Washington expand law enforcement cooperation
03: Belgian authorities arrest NATO intern for spying
04: China wields rare-earth export controls aganist Europe
05: Former Xinjiang party secretary purged for corruption

Read CPM No. 1686 here: https://www.afpc.org/publications/bulletins/china-reform-monitor/china-policy-monitor-no-1686