On Thursday, February 26, at 9 am PT, the Pacific Council will convene leading voices from Venezuela's democratic opposition and the human rights and international law community to assess what comes next for the nation. Members will hear from Génesis Dávila, Founder of Defiende Venezuela; Freddy Guevara, Democracy Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Former Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela; Dr. Paola Bautista de Alemán, Hewlett Visiting Fellow for Public Policy at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame; and Miguel Pizarro, Director of Espacio Crítico.

On Wednesday, February 18th, at 9 am PT, the Pacific Council will explore how governments are moving away from scientific collaboration and are instead leveraging scientific capabilities to advance economic competitiveness, safeguard digital and technological infrastructure, and strengthen national security. Attendees will hear from Professor Paul Arthur Berkman, Fellow, International Science Council & Founder, Science Diplomacy Center, Dr. Jonathan I. Lunine, Chief Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA and Pacific Council Science and Technology Senior Fellow, Tony Oweke, Research Fellow, Artificial Intelligence, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and Allison Agsten, Director, USC Annenberg’s Center for Climate Journalism and Communication.

Join the Pacific Council on Tuesday, February 3, at 8 am PT to explore key takeaways from the California-led trade mission to Ukraine and Poland and what it signals for future state-led engagement in the region. Attendees will hear from Emily Desai, Chief Deputy Director, California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, The Honorable Dmytro Kushneruk, Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco, Patricia Utterback, International Trade and Investment Representative for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India, California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), and Andrew D’Anieri, Associate Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.

Join the Pacific Council on Friday, January 23, at 8 am PT to hear from Dr. Saori Katada, Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California and the Director of the Center for International Studies, Dr. Allen Carlson, Associate Professor in Cornell University’s Government Department, and Kyoko Imai the Associate Director for the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. This webinar will explore how Japan and China are balancing deterrence with diplomacy, how shifts in Taiwan policy are influencing regional stability, and how economic sectors, from tourism to supply chains, are being reshaped by geopolitical pressures.