June 10, 2020
ANNOUNCING THE PACIFIC COUNCIL MAGAZINE

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.

April 28, 2020
THE DAY THE MUSLIM WORLD'S FIRST DEMOCRACY FELL

April 28 marks 100 years since the Soviet Red Army invaded Azerbaijan and put an end to the very first secular democracy in the Muslim world—the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, writes Nasimi Aghayev.

April 28, 2020
A STACKED DECK ON HEALTH

Being born black is a life sentence of poorer health outcomes, writes Judy Belk.

Matt Draper

April 23, 2020
The Local Perspective: Linda Griego

The creation of the Pacific Council in 1995 piqued Linda Griego’s interest in international affairs and made it clear to her that LA was destined to become a global city.

Janet Hamlin

April 22, 2020
Challenging the Convening Authority at Guantánamo Bay

As part of the Pacific Council’s GTMO Observer Program, Lynn Ta traveled to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to attend the pre-trial proceedings involving the U.S. prosecution against Majid Shoukat Khan. Read her Observer Dispatch.

April 21, 2020
Trump’s Xenophobia Will Exacerbate Crisis

The president has repeatedly chosen opportunism over public health, but crises should not be used for promoting restrictionist policies against immigrants, write Eliane Fersan and Kai Golden.

April 17, 2020
What Will Life During and After the Pandemic Look Like?

Juliette Kayyem, former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said the COVID-19 pandemic is unlike any other disaster that homeland security officials have had to deal with before and that everyone will have to be adaptive over the next two years.

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