On Tuesday, May 5, at 10 am PT, the Pacific Council and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) are hosting a webinar to examine the evolving landscape of refugee protection and immigration policy in the U.S. Members will hear from Olga Byrne, Senior Director, Asylum & Legal Protection at IRC, Courtney McCausland, Immigration Attorney and Managing Attorney at IRC, Manuel Orozco, Director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, and Professor Jean Lantz Reisz, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, and Clinical Associate Professor of Law at the USC Gould School of Law.

On Monday, April 20, at 11 am PT, the Pacific Council invites you to join us for our continued coverage on the Iran War, exploring key dynamics shaping the conflict, including Iran's demonstrated military resilience, the growing risk of regional spillover, and implications for U.S. foreign policy and global stability. Members will hear from Alan Eyre, Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Middle East Institute and the Founder & President of EyreAnalytics LLC,  Jonathan Shrier, Former Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, and Dr. Jerrold D. Green, Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and President Emeretus & Middle East and South Asia Senior Fellow at the Pacific Council.

Climate change remains one of the defining global challenges of the 21st century, with recent developments in U.S. climate policy highlighting both the urgency and the complexity of international climate cooperation. As part of LA Climate Week, the Pacific Council will host a conversation on Wednesday, April 8, at 9 am PT, to explore how the United States and other countries can work together to accelerate climate action through diplomacy, technology sharing, and coordinated policy. Members will hear from Clara Gillispie, Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy at the Council on Foreign Relations, Kate Guy, Senior Fellow and Managing Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University SIPA, and Allison Agsten, Director of USC Annenberg's Center for Climate Journalism and Communication.

The Pacific Council invites you to dial in on Thursday, March 19, at 10 am PT to explore these recent developments and discuss their broader implications for Greenlandic national security and the United States' diplomatic relations within Europe. Members will hear from Dr. Esther Brimmer, the James H. Binger Senior Fellow in global governance at the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Justina Budginaite-Froehly, a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Europe Center and the Transatlantic Security Initiative within the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Iris A. Ferguson, President & Founder of IAF Strategies and a Nonresident Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Jason C. Moyer, Program Director for Foreign & Security Policy at the Heinrich Böll Foundation.