Our inaugural Global Los Angeles Summit featured discussions on the path to a renewable LA, the Sustainable Development Goals, Olympic lessons from Barcelona, water conflict, and more. Read part two of our summit summaries.

As the new U.S. policy in Afghanistan significantly expands the scope of military operations in the country, it is crucial not to overlook strategic soft power measures to counter the underlying causes and ideologies that give rise to extremism in the first place, writes Mehdi Hakimi.

With the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality in America and the outcry among citizens who fear the stripping of their digital rights, this is a key moment for internet freedom, writes David Gorodyansky.

Multilateral trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are mutually beneficial for countries in the Asia-Pacific, Keio University Professor Yorizumi Watanabe told Pacific Council members in a roundtable discussion.