FPRI brings the insights of scholarship to bear on the development of policies that advance U.S. national interests abroad. We add perspective to events by fitting them into longer-range patterns. And we develop alternative policies to deal with pressing U.S. international problems.
Major research programs are listed below.
On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

Video of keynote address
Reflections on the Arab Spring
Fouad Ajami
Special Partner Event
Al Qaeda and Jihadi Movements After Bin Laden
Christopher Swift
Special Partner Event
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al Qaeda
Peter Bergen
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