THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ONAMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

HIGHLIGHTS: 2010

A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

December 2010

Our Mission

The National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) wasfounded in 1974 by Professor Hans J. Morgenthau and others. It is anonprofit activist organization dedicated to the resolution of conflictsthat threaten U.S. interests. Toward that end, the NCAFP identifies,articulates, and helps advance American foreign policy interests from anonpartisan perspective within the framework of political realism.

American foreign policy interests include:

• preserving and strengthening national security;

• supporting countries committed to the values and the practice of political, religious, and cultural pluralism;

• improving U.S. relations with the developed and developing worlds;

• advancing human rights;

• encouraging realistic arms control agreements;

• curbing the proliferation of nuclear and other unconventional weapons;

• promoting an open and global economy.

An important part of the activity of the NCAFP is Track I ½ and Track II diplomacy. Such closed-door and off-the-record endeavorsprovide unique opportunities for senior U.S. and foreign officials,think-tank experts, and scholars to engage in discussions designed todefuse conflict, build confidence, and resolve problems.

Believing that an informed public is vital to a democratic society, theNational Committee offers educational programs that address securitychallenges facing the United States and publishes a variety of publications,including its bimonthly journal, American Foreign Policy Interests, thatpresent keen analyses of all aspects of American foreign policy.

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December 2010

Dear Reader,

It is hard to believe that 2010 has passed us by with the speed of abullet train. That can perhaps be explained by the fact that theUnited States continues to be at the center of history and, as such,

in the vortex of happenings in the world. Moreover, as challenges toU.S. security interests increase, the work of the National Committeeon American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) as a policy oriented thinktank increases accordingly. Before I highlight issues and events inwhich the NCAFP has been engaged recently, I pause to wish you ahappy, healthful, and safe new year. Let us hope that 2011 bringsrelief from the tensions that began to tighten their grip on the worldin the recent past.

In my 2009 year-end letter I announced that early in 2010 theNCAFP would initiate a program centered on national security. I ampleased to confirm that General David Petraeus launched the “U.S.Security in the 21st Century” series earlier this year. Also new is theestablishment of the NCAFP’s “21st Century Leaders Council,”which is an outgrowth of the inauguration in 2009 of the NCAFP’s“Young Leaders Award.” The individuals selected for this award areprofessionals who, through their professional or personal pursuits andaccomplishments, have already demonstrated a capacity for fulfillinga promising future in the realm of American foreign policy. Chartermembers are the three 2009 award recipients: John Delury (seniorfellow, Asia Society); Joshua Cooper Ramo (managing director,Kissinger Associates); Nathaniel Fick (founder and CEO, Center fora New American Security); as well as Professor Nancy Collins(research director, the European Institute, Columbia University), andNicholas Thompson (senior editor, The New Yorker). Members of thecouncil are assigned to specific NCAFP closed-door and off-the-record Track I ½ and Track II projects where they work with projectdirectors to identify and shape new programmatic directions. Theyalso moderate and participate in panel discussions and salon events.

I am also pleased to report that in 2010 the NCAFP commissioned ahighly recommended website design company to revamp the NationalCommittee’s website. The new website, which should becomeoperational toward the end of January 2011, will enable users to accessinformation about the NCAFP’s far-flung activities as well as its plethoraof policy publications with a degree of ease that seems unimaginable.

The expanding activities of the NCAFP made it necessary for me,

after nearly 35 years, to relinquish the editorship of our bimonthlyjournal, American Foreign Policy Interests (AFPI). That move willenable me to concentrate exclusively on the overall operations of theorganization. My editorial successor as of January 1, 2011, will beNCAFP Senior Vice President Dr. J. Peter Pham. Dr. Pham is aspecialist on U.S. foreign and defense policy, terrorism and politicalviolence, and African politics and security.

Speaking of African politics, the NCAFP agrees with the U.S.assessment that instability in parts of the continent, caused in part bycorruption, poor governance, and the spread of Islamic militancy,poses a direct challenge to American security interests. Thatconclusion led the U.S. government to establish the United StatesAfrica Command (AFRICOM).

Similarly, in 2009 the NCAFP organized the Africa project headed byDr. Pham. Within a short period of time it has established itself as asignificant force in policy discussions. Together with NCAFP adviserAmbassador Herman J. Cohen, former assistant secretary of state forAfrican affairs, Dr. Pham has been invited to brief senioradministration officials on how best to advance U.S. foreign policyinterests in the volatile continent of Africa. Dr. Pham andAmbassador Cohen have also had meetings with African heads ofstate. Jointly and individually they have addressed conferences,including events at the Council on Foreign Relations and theCarnegie Endowment for International Peace. The August 2010 issueof AFPI was specially edited by Dr. Pham and is devoted to U.S.interests in Africa. In addition, Dr. Pham was featured as an expertanalyst in an hour-long National Geographic Channel documentary,Hunt for the Somali Pirates, produced and filmed by two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Gordon Forbes III. Noteworthy also is the factthat General William “Kipp” Ward appointed Dr. Pham toAFRICOM’s 12-member Senior Advisory Board.

The Forum on Asia-Pacific Security (FAPS) that is led by Senior VicePresident Professor Donald S. Zagoria runs five track I-1/2 and trackII projects on (1) U.S.-China and cross-strait relations ; (2) buildingsupport for a cooperative, multilateral means of ensuring adenuclearized Korean Peninsula; (3) strengthening the U.S.-Japanand U.S.-ROK alliances; (4) promoting quadrilateral cooperationamong the United States, Japan, the ROK, and China; and (5)reducing mistrust between the United States and China through aU.S.-China strategic dialogue.

In that overall context FAPS hosted in January its annual meeting

with a delegation from the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) of the PRCState Council. The meeting included leading American and Chinesescholars and officials. In May FAPS sent a NCAFP delegation toNortheast Asia. The trip included visits to Seoul, Taipei, Shanghai,Beijing, and Tokyo where delegation members participated in anumber of high-level meetings and conferences. In July FAPSconvened its semiannual trilateral conference with scholars andofficials from the United States, China, and Taiwan. The conferencewas titled “U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations and Northeast AsianSecurity” and focused on current developments in cross-straitrelations. In September the NCAFP, the Korea Society, and theASAN Institute of South Korea organized a trilateral meeting ofAmerican, Japanese, and ROK experts to discuss the rapidly changingsecurity environment in the Asia-Pacific region.

In October FAPS held a one-and-a-half day conference with a groupof Chinese scholars designated by the Taiwan Affairs Office of thePRC State Council as part of a semiannual dialogue between theNCAFP and the TAO. The topics considered ranged from domesticpolitics and cross-strait relations to broader regional and global issues.

In November FAPS held the inaugural U.S.-PRC Strategic Dialogueat the track I-1/2 level. That two-day conference convened a group ofChinese and American retired and current military officials andscholars. The discussion focused on how the two sides can reducestrategic mistrust. The participants discussed ways to overcomedifferences and improve mutual understanding by highlightingpotential areas for cooperation.

The Middle East project dealt with the danger of militant Islamicfundamentalism long before 9/11. What prompted the NCAFP torevisit the threat at an off-the-record and closed-door roundtableconference held jointly with participants from its security series wasthe need to assess the implications of the transformation of Al Qaedafrom an organization centrally headquartered in South Asia to one ofloose semiautonomous branches. The roundtable titled “GlobalTerrorism: The U.S. Challenge and Response” was followed by apanel discussion with Dr. Walid Phares, Ms. Lydia Khalil, and Mr.Evan Kohlmann. It was moderated by Amir Taheri. We learned thatat the branches, in addition to sharing the militants’ interpretation ofthe Koran and their strategy of bleeding the West into submission,home-grown terrorists no longer act as if they need to launchspectacular attacks like those of 9/11. The new tactic is to achieve thesame effect through a plethora of small-scale attacks by jihadistsdesigned to inflict maximum economic damage. Even failure, as, for

example, at New York’s Times Square, is viewed by jihadists as successwhen they galvanize militants to enlist in the deadly cause andcompel targeted countries to spend billions of additional dollars toaugment defense capabilities, thereby materially adding to the woes ofthe financially strapped West. Moreover, the new tactic pursued byhome-grown terrorists no longer necessitates training trips toPakistan, Yemen, Somalia, or elsewhere. Instructions on how toprepare and pack explosives can be obtained from militant Web sitesand from the idiomatically written English magazine Inspire. In fact,creating explosives has become so easy that even one’s kitchen can beused to fuel their components.

Although the strategic threat to the West is minor at this time, thesituation has the potential of becoming dangerous once terrorists areprovided with fissile material and even nuclear weapons. Hence roguestates such as North Korea, which is already a nuclear weapons stateand a proliferator, and Ahmadinejad’s Iran, which is bent onfollowing suit, must be effectively confronted, as the NCAFP hasrecommended for years.

The leadership of the Central Asia/Caspian Sea Basin Region’sProject (CAP), which includes NCAFP trustees Donald S. Rice, Esq.,Grace Kennan Warnecke, Richard Howe, Esq., and Steven Chernys,together with CAP director, Professor Michael Rywkin, and specialadviser, Professor Alexander Cooley of Columbia University, had anumber of off-the-record meetings with representatives of variousinvolved governments and experts in the field to review U.S. policyinterests, priorities, strategy, and tactics in the region at the end oftwo decades of post-Soviet independence. The NCAFP wasencouraged to host a roundtable to attract the optimal participationof Central Asian, Russian, Chinese, and U.S. policy experts with theexpress purpose of informing the policy debate and adding value tothe formulation and implementation of effective policies for theregion in the third post-independence decade. The resulting closed-door and off-the-record two-day roundtable was held in Washington,D.C., at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Institute.Roundtable presenters included, among others, Robert O. Blake,assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs; Dr.Evan Feigenbaum, director, Eurasia Group, former U.S. assistantsecretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs; Joseph Presel,former U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan; Dr. Talgat Kaliyev,Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ilhom Nematov, Uzbekistanambassador to the United States; Baktybab Abdrisaev, formerambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the United States; Dr. Alexander Lukin,director, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation

Organization Studies, Moscow State Institute of InternationalRelations; and Dr. Xu Xiaotian, director, Division of Central AsianStudies, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations.Panel discussants were Ambassador Pierre Morel, EU specialrepresentative for Central Asia; Richard Norland, deputycommandant, National War College, and former U.S. ambassador toUzbekistan; John Ordway, former U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan; andDr. Alexander Cooley; and former U.S. ambassadors to the regionJames F. Collins (Russia), Richard Miles (Turkmenistan); JohnOrdway (Kazakhstan); and Dr. Jeffrey Mankoff, Council on ForeignRelations) acted as rapporteur. The concluding remarks were made byProfessor Michael Rywkin. (The proceedings of the November eventare in the process of being published.)

Members of the Transatlantic Relations project are in the midst ofreflecting on the seismic shifts taking place in the global distributionof power. From that perspective plans are now being drawn up for amore systematic organization of dialogue between Americans andEuropeans on the challenges confronting them in this new era andpossible common coordinated responses. Articles directly or indirectlyrelating to NATO countries that affect U.S. security concernscontinue to appear in AFPI.

In addition to participating in NCAFP programs, members, dependingon the level of membership, were invited to engage in, among otherevents, a briefing by U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Lt. Gen. (ret.)Karl Eikenberry on “Implementing the Administration’s AfghanistanStrategy”; a briefing by Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering on “The U.S.,Iran, and the Greater Middle East”; a panel discussion with AmbassadorJohn D. Negroponte and members of the Center for a New AmericanSecurity: Nathaniel C. Fick, Abraham Denmark, Andrew Exum, andDr. John A. Nagel on “Strategic and Tactical Challenges Facing theU.S. Intelligence Community”; a briefing by Commander, U.S. SpecialOperations, Admiral Eric T. Olson on “The Status of Today’s SpecialOperations Forces: What Will They Look Like in 10 Years;” a paneldiscussion with Nicholas Thompson, Anthony J. Ferrante (FBI),Marcus Sachs, and Jennifer Herrera-Flanigan on “Cyberwar:Perception, Reality, and Strategy”; Commander, U.S. Africa Command,General William “Kipp” Ward spoke on “U.S. Africa Command andthe Strategic Importance of Africa”; a panel discussion with JudithMiller, Donald Borelli (FBI), Dr. Anna Gray (Royal Canadian MountedPolice), and Mitchell Silber (NYPD) on “Domestic Extremism in theUnited States and Canada”; a panel discussion with Professor Zagoria,Evans J. R. Revere, Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, and Dr. Chu Shulongon “U.S.-China Relations: Challenges and Opportunities”; and a

briefing by Dr. Szu-yin Hoon on “Taiwan’s Perspective on Cross-StraitRelations.”

The NCAFP, as is well known, has a large publications program. Inaddition to its bimonthly, American Foreign Policy Interests, whichfeatures contributions on a vast number of topics by, among others,Kuralai I. Baizakova, Bernard E. Brown, Jaw-Ling Joanne Chang, RalphA. Cossa, Blaine D. Holt, Ely Karmon, Fariborg Mokhtari, Jean PhillipePeltier, J. Peter Pham, Thomas R. Pickering, Evans J. R. Revere,Michael Rywkin, Dan Steinbock, Amir Taheri, Howard Wiarda, andSyed Manzar Abbas Zaidi, the NCAFP published and widelydistributed six foreign policy booklets with policy recommendations on“Albania and the Challenge of Human Trafficking,” “RealizingKosova’s Independence,” “Peacebuilding and Business: FosteringCommercial Contact between Georgians and Abkhaz,” “Sweet andSour: Candid Talks to Improve U.S.-China Relations,” “Central Asia:Strategic Context Twenty Years After Independence,” and “GlobalTerrorism: The U.S. Challenge and Response.”

The NCAFP could not have pursued all of its activities without thesolid support of Mutual of America, our devoted members and friends,and foundations, including the Carnegie Corporation, the FordFoundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, the John D. and CatherineT. MacArthur Foundation, the Korea Foundation, the StarrFoundation, the C. F. Roe Slade Foundation, and the SmithRichardson Foundation. We also express our gratitude to the U.S.Department of State and the Center for Global Partnership.

The generous backing that the NCAFP obtains enables us tocontinue to offer exemplary programs on a wide range of foreignpolicy issues affecting U.S. national security interests; to move closerto bringing the NCAFP’s track I-1/2 and track II projects to successfulconclusions, and to realize the mission that the National Committeeon American Foreign Policy undertook 37 years ago.

Testimonials from statesmen, diplomats, and politicians are appended.

Sincerely,

George SchwabPresident

EncomIums

“Mutual understanding and respect among nations help promote peace, tolerance,and prosperity around the world. Since 1974, your organization has helpedadvance American foreign policy and resolve conflicts that threaten our nationalsecurity.… I appreciate members of the National Committee on American ForeignPolicy for your commitment to furthering human rights, strengthening our globaleconomy, and extending freedom and democracy to people everywhere.”

President George W. Bush

�––––––––�––––––––�“The National Committee’s 1994 Conference on Northern Ireland…helped toset the stage for an historic period of U.S. engagement in promoting peace inNorthern Ireland. By reaching out to key Irish and British political leaders, youcontributed to IRA and loyalist cease-fires. We are grateful for your abidingcommitment to the cause of peace and for your extraordinary contributions inadvancing that goal.”

President Bill Clinton

�––––––––�––––––––�“On behalf of…Secretary [of State Condoleezza] Rice thanks for forwardingthe report on the [January 2005] visit to Beijing and Taiwan by members of theNational Committee on American Foreign Policy…The Perspectives reviewedin your report were very helpful and have been studied carefully by theDepartment. I appreciate you sharing your observations and welcome otherreports from the Committee on foreign policy topics of interest.”

Joseph DonovanDirector, Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs

U.S. Department of State

�––––––––�––––––––�“I commend you for the thoughtfulness and sophistication of the analysis that yougenerated at the Committee’s Roundtable. Your report makes a valuable andtimely contribution, particularly given the recent visit of Chinese Vice Premier,Qian Qichen. The NCAFP continues to be held in high esteem in theinternational affairs community. We look forward to your continuing efforts toilluminate these difficult and important issues.”

The Honorable Colin L. PowellSecretary of State

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“I just wanted to thank you for your summary of the National Committee onAmerican Foreign Policy’s trip to Beijing and Taipei this past January [2005].This is a perfect example of what ‘open source intelligence’ can provide, and Ihave disseminated your findings through appropriate channels. The cross-straitsituation will continue to remain on the forefront of our consciousness for theforeseeable future. Your work on this subject couldn’t be more timely – thank youso much for bringing it to my attention.”

The Honorable John D. NegroponteDirector of National Intelligence

�––––––––�––––––––�“I received the recent NCAFP reports on various Asian issues. Thank you forsharing them. [The Forum on Asia-Pacific Security] and the Committeecontinue to be at the cutting edge on key policy issues.”

Lieutenant General Karl W. EikenberryU.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan

�––––––––�––––––––�“The persistent, well-informed efforts by you and your highly qualified group havebuilt trust in all three capitals [Washington, Beijing, Taipei]. The access andinsights that you develop as a result are invaluable as we all pursue peace in theTaiwan Strait.”

James F. MoriartyFormer Special Assistant to the President

Senior Advisor on Asian Affairs, National Security Council

�––––––––�––––––––�“Let me express once more my admiration for the way the Committee haspursued its chartered task and for the success it has had in that effort.”

The Honorable George F. KennanFormer U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union

�––––––––�––––––––�“I have been associated with this Committee because Hans Morgenthau was afriend of mine and because of the tremendous work they’re doing.”

Dr. Henry A. KissingerFormer Secretary of State

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“The rationale and agenda for the NCAFP’s Forum on Asia-Pacific Security aresolidly assured for years to come. No organization is better equipped to carry on thisassignment. One can point not only to its experience and contacts accumulated overa decade but to its record of proved results. Like some other successful track IIoperations, the NCAFP projects have spurred candid, unofficial dialogue, floatedtrial balloons, suggested new avenues, and improved lines of communication. Theyhave also provided an umbrella for informal side conversations and developingpersonal bonds for participating government officials.

In fact, this is to understate the NCAFP’s achievements substantially. NCAFPdialogues have produced concrete results in national policies. These range fromhelping to restart negotiations to providing ideas in major speeches to promotingshifts in diplomatic postures.

We might better describe the projects as track 1.5 rather than track II, that is, as semigovernmental rather than strictly academic. The participants have included current,past, and future policy officials from the countries involved. While acting informallyand unofficially, they have probed their counterparts and reported to their superiorsand factored conclusions into their national approaches. The NCAFP, in turn, hasbeen meticulous in staying independent of the U.S. government while securing itsunofficial attendance and keeping it fully posted.

At a time when events in the Middle East and elsewhere absorb so much of ourgovernmental, academic, and public attention, this forum is a particularly valuableasset. America must devote sufficient focus and resources to what will be the world’smost important region in this century. This is what the Northeast Asia Projectsshould continue to do, with policy relevance and impact.”

The Honorable Winston LordFormer Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Former U.S. Ambassador to China

�––––––––�––––––––�“I am delighted to hear that the outstanding work of the National Committee onAmerican Foreign Policy goes on unabated, analyzing and developing yourcountry’s role in international affairs.”

The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Margaret Thatcher,L.G., O.M., F.R.S.

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“We always look forward to receiving your publications. The NCAFP Forumon Northeast Asian Security’s publications and reports are highly regarded by [thegovernment of] Taiwan.”

His Excellency Ma Ying-jeou,President of Taiwan (ROC)

�––––––––�––––––––�“I want to thank you again for inviting me to attend the conference earlier thisweek [August 2004] on North Korea sponsored by the National Committee onAmerican Foreign Policy. This conference was the rare exception to myexperience with so many Track II conferences—the issues were timely, theparticipants well-informed and representative of all the parties, and thepresentations and discussions first-rate.”

Mitchell B. ReissDirector, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State

�––––––––�––––––––�“The National Committee on American Foreign Policy’s program is the besttrack two effort that exists in contributing to the stability in the Taiwan Strait.”

President Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan

�––––––––�––––––––�“The National Committee on American Foreign Policy is very renowned inChinese diplomatic circles. It does useful work in promoting U.S.-China relations.The Chinese side attaches great importance to your visits.”

His Excellency Tang JiaxuanState Councilor, People’s Republic of China

�––––––––�––––––––�“...Thanks to the NCAFP for providing an institutional home for the ideas andideals of the realist tradition.”

The Honorable James A. Baker IIIFormer Secretary of State

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“I read your summary of the NCAFP’s most recent North Korean Track II dialoguewith great interest. Your insights and the work of the NCAFP are invaluable and willshape my actions at PACOM. I look forward to our future discussions.”

Admiral Robert WillardCommander, U.S. Pacific Command

�––––––––�––––––––�“It is not every day I praise another foreign affairs organization. But I want to dojust that…After thirty years, the National Committee on American ForeignPolicy is going strong. This is a very good thing for all of us. The NationalCommittee stands out as an oasis of non-partisanship and serious thought aboutthis country’s purpose in the world.”

The Honorable Richard N. HaassPresident of the Council on Foreign Relations

�––––––––�––––––––�“The NCAFP’s role in fostering peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland isexemplary. It has provided a forum where representatives of the communities canexpress their points of view and know that they will be heard by an audiencewilling to share its experience in foreign policy and to offer constructive advice.”

Noel FaheyAmbassador of Ireland to the United States

�––––––––�––––––––�“Thank you for sharing the report on the National Committee’s roundtable on theUN Human Rights Council, and a copy of Ambassador Frank Wisner’s address tothe Committee on his experience as the US Special Representative to the KosovoFinal Status Talks. Both documents are testament to the valuable contribution theNational Committee makes to the foreign policy debate in this country.”

Sir Nigel Sheinwald KCMGAmbassador of Britain to the United States

�––––––––�––––––––�“The United States appreciates the work of the National Committee on AmericanForeign Policy, and I am pleased that our ties of friendship and cooperation continue.”

The Honorable Susan RiceRepresentative of the United States to the United Nations

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“Through its discussions, publications, and direct involvement in crises fromNorthern Ireland, to China, to North Korea, and the Middle East, the NationalCommittee has made an important contribution to ensuring America’s nationalinterests are advanced from a nonpartisan perspective within the framework ofMorgenthau’s political realism.”

The Honorable Nancy SoderbergVice President, International Crisis Group

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

�––––––––�––––––––�“The invitation to me from the National Committee on American Foreign Policyduly arrived. It created a major political storm…. Two days before the conference,President Clinton authorized a 48 hour visa that restricted me to the New Yorkarea. The backlash from the British government and system was hysterical. TheDaily Telegraph summed it up by describing it as the ‘worst rift since Suez’….

[There] can be no doubt that the granting of the visa was a major shift in U.S.foreign policy and it marked a defining moment in the development of the Irishpeace process.”

Gerry AdamsPresident, Sinn Féin

�––––––––�––––––––�“American Foreign Policy Interests is an effective journal in the field of foreignaffairs—and little is more vital for the enigmatic future than clearheaded discussionsof America’s role in the world.”

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.Dean of American Historians

�––––––––�––––––––�“Since 1974, the National Committee on American Foreign Policy has provided ahigh standard of analysis and perspective regarding many areas where conflictresolution is critical. From experts in diplomacy to members of academia, theCommittee represents some of the most perceptive minds and point[s] of view thathave added an important component to sensitive global debates.”

Governor George E. Pataki

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“I believe that the NCAFP has performed a very valuable service on the work incross-strait relations which you ably coordinate. I read carefully all of the trip androundtable reports…. I find that they provide valuable insights on views in theMainland and on Taiwan and on possibilities for renewing dialogue between the twosides. Participants from both Taiwan and the Mainland have told me that yourroundtable meetings provide them with unique opportunities to interact andinformally exchange views. In the absence of any official channel between the twosides, this opportunity for Track Two contact is especially important.”

Raymond F. BurghardtFormer Director, American Institute in Taiwan

�––––––––�––––––––�“Taiwan is a key and difficult issue in U.S. diplomacy with the PRC, an issue towhich I have been devoting considerable attention. I have therefore found especiallyhelpful the opportunities to meet with various NCAFP delegations over the pastyear.... The NCAFP has produced a series of helpful reports on its cross-straitprogram, including a recent interim report, ‘Cross-Strait Relations: Breaking theImpasse,’ which has many useful insights. Your inputs and insights are about the mostbalanced and useful that we see.”

The Honorable Joseph W. PrueherFormer U.S. Ambassador to China

�––––––––�––––––––�“Since its establishment in 1974, the National Committee on American Foreign Policyhas demonstrated a commitment to promoting human rights, supporting our allies, andadvancing the interests of the United States.”

Michael R. BloombergMayor of New York

�––––––––�––––––––�“I cannot sufficiently emphasize the importance of this and similar sessions hosted [onNorth Korea] by the NCAFP in the past.”

Keith LuseSenior Professional Staff Member,

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committe

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KENNAN AWARD RECIPIENTSHonorable George F. KennanHonorable Cyrus R. VanceHonorable Paul A. Volcker

Honorable Richard C. HolbrookeMaurice R. Greenberg

Honorable John D. NegroponteGeneral David H. Petraeus

THE WILLIAM J. FLYNNINITIATIVE FOR PEACE AWARD

RECIPIENTSWilliam J. Flynn

Honorable George J. MitchellRight Honorable Dr. Marjorie Mowlam

Viola DrathHonorable Hugh L. Carey

Gerry Adams, M.P.

Honorable Angier Biddle DukeHonorable Sol Linowitz

Honorable Henry A. KissingerHonorable Jeane J. Kirkpatrick

Honorable George P. ShultzDavid Rockefeller

Honorable James A. Baker IIIRight Honorable Margaret Thatcher

HonorableThomas R. PickeringHis Majesty King HusseinHonorable Colin L. PowellHonorable Richard N. Haass

*Kenneth J. Bialkin, Esq.*Honorable Donald M. Blinken

Carter BoothJonathan Chanis*Steven Chernys

*John V. Connorton, Jr., Esq.*Viola Drath

Judith HernstadtEdythe M. Holbrook

*Joan Peters

Honorable Thomas R. PickeringHonorable Nancy E. Soderberg

Grace Kennan WarneckeHonorable Leon J. Weil

TRUSTEES

Dr. Giuseppe AmmendolaProfessor Kenneth J. ArrowProfessor Bernard E. BrownProfessor Ralph BuultjensHonorable Herman CohenDr. Alexander A. Cooley

Dr. Eve EpsteinProfessor Joseph W. Foxell

Dr. Susan A. GitelsonProfessor George E. GruenProfessor Bernard HaykelHonorable Robert E. HunterDr. Jeffrey D. McCausland

David L. Phillips

Professor Richard PipesDr. Carol Rittner

Professor Benjamin RivlinProfessor Henry RosovskyProfessor Michael RywkinDr. Ronald J. Sheppard

BOARD OF ADVISERS

NATIONAL COMMITTEE ONAMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, INC.

FOUNDER – DR. HANS J. MORGENTHAU

MORGENTHAU AWARD RECIPIENTS

Honorable Paul A. Volcker–Honorary ChairmanWilliam J. Flynn–Chairman

Dr. George D. Schwab–PresidentWilliam M. Rudolf–Executive Vice President

Dr. J. Peter Pham–Senior Vice PresidentDonald S. Rice, Esq.–Senior Vice President

Professor Donald S. Zagoria–Senior Vice PresidentHatice U. Morrissey–Vice PresidentRichard R. Howe, Esq.–TreasurerProfessor Michael Curtis–Secretary

* Executive Committee

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