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June 10, 2020

The Pacific Council has launched a new platform for our member-written commentary and analysis. We are unveiling the Pacific Council Magazine, where you can find pieces written by our members on local-to-global topics, plus member spotlights and recaps and recordings from our events. Bookmark the new Pacific Council Magazine at pacificcouncil.online.

All previously published Newsroom articles are available below in the Newsroom Archive.

Please note that all upcoming events will still appear at our main website, pacificcouncil.org, or by visiting the Activities menu above.

May 20, 2021

CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATION ON FOREIGN REPORTING WITH USC

September 17, 2020

A GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA'S LOCAL-TO-GLOBAL BALLOT MEASURES

May 11, 2020

FROM JAPANESE INCARCERATION TO COVID: THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE

The Pacific Council and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) recently hosted a discussion with John Tateishi, author of Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations, in conversation with Karen Ishizuka, chief curator at JANM.

May 11, 2020

ABOUT THE MAY VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB BOOK

Learn more about our Virtual Book Club and sign up today.

May 8, 2020

STEVEN SAMPLE & USC OFFICIALS HELPED BUILD PACIFIC COUNCIL

Dr. Steven Sample, former president of the University of Southern California, provost Lloyd Armstrong, and other senior USC officials played an integral role in launching and building the Pacific Council on International Policy, writes president emeritus Abraham Lowenthal.

May 7, 2020

COVID-19 AND THE MIDDLE EAST'S 'COLD WAR'

The pandemic has altered our temporal imagination and accelerated political tensions in the Middle East, writes Ibrahim Al-Marashi.

May 6, 2020

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: CRISIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Experts discussed how COVID-19 is impacting developing countries on a recent webcast.

May 5, 2020

INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT

If Americans refuse to meaningfully address race relations, the United States will grow weaker and less effective both at home and as an international actor, write Jerrold D. Green and Michael Lawson.

May 4, 2020

DEMOCRACIES IN TIMES OF CRISIS

Experts discussed how democracies fare in uncertain times on a recent teleconference.

May 1, 2020

JANE OLSON: THE PACIFIC COUNCIL IS A WEST COAST INSTITUTION

Jane Olson discusses her role in the early days of the Pacific Council, what role LA can and should play on the international stage, and what she hopes the Council will look like in the years to come.

April 30, 2020

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW

Leaders of developing countries are worrying about their health and safety just as their medical systems come under assault, writes Grant Harris.

April 29, 2020

TRUMP'S ABSURD WAR ON VOICE OF AMERICA

The president doesn’t seem to understand that the news service is not a U.S. propaganda arm, write Geoffrey Cowan and James Glassman.

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