American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus
The American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus (ACPC) is a project of Freedom House which monitors events in the North Caucasus.[1]
The ACPC was founded in 1999 as the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya.[2] Its remit expanded with the spread of conflict into other republics in the North Caucasus – Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and North Ossetia.[3]
The ACPC is headed by four co-chairs:
- Chaired by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and former Congressman Stephen J. Solarz, the committee is composed of more than one hundred distinguished Americans representing both major political parties and nearly every walk of life. Former Ambassador Max M. Kampelman is the co-chair emeritus.[4]
A RightWeb profile of the committee noted the predominance of conservatives, neoconservatives and liberal interventionists among ACPC members:
- What's striking about ACPC is that U.S. militarists and neocon strategists are supporting an insurgent movement that is not only nationalist but also largely Islamist. Although ACPC notes its concern about human rights violations by Russia, the committee appears to be more concerned with advancing U.S. geopolitics in this region with respect to Russia and secondarily with China.[5]
Contents
Activities
As of 2006, the Centre's website described its activities as follows:
- To those ends, ACPC organizes educational programs for the public, develops policy recommendations for lawmakers and collaborates with an international network of more than 400 activists, journalists, scholars and non-governmental organizations. The Committee distributes Chechnya Today, a daily email news service, and Chechnya Weekly, an online news magazine produced by the Jamestown Foundation and edited by former Keston Institute President Lawrence A. Uzzell.[6]
Related Organizations
ACPC Members 2006
Committee Staff
- Glen E. Howard, Executive Director
- Michael J. Bradow, Program Officer
Contact
- Website http://www.peaceinthecaucasus.org
- Former Website /www.peaceinchechnya.org - via the Internet Archive
External Resources
- Rightweb American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, 19 April 2005.
Notes
- ↑ About ACPC, American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ About ACPC, American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, accessed 14 June 2010, archived at the Internet Archive 10 February 2006.
- ↑ About ACPC, American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ About ACPC, American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ RightWeb, American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, 19 April 2005.
- ↑ About ACPC, American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Members, American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, archived at the Internet Archive 10 February 2006, accessed 14 June 2010.
