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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 18, 2017

"America First" Then and Now

President Trump’s America First ideas are not those of the America First Committee of the 1940s, writes Kiron Skinner.

May 15, 2017

They Will Look to America

If democracy is in recession across the world, America needs to make every effort to reinvigorate it, argues former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

May 12, 2017

Global Beat: New Leaders in France and South Korea, and More

This week, France and South Korea elect new presidents; Puerto Rico’s drinking water is at the brink of crisis; the United States considers expanding the military’s role in Afghanistan to combat a resurgent Taliban; and more.

May 11, 2017

In Defense of U.S. Foreign Aid: Examples from South Asia

As the sole superpower in the world, the United States has a unique responsibility to lead the way in global development efforts, writes Manpreet Singh Anand.

May 8, 2017

The U.S., Japan, and South Korea Must Align on North Korea

Even as the United States and her Pacific allies coalesce around a shared belief that new measures must be taken with regard to North Korea, mutual mistrust and diverging priorities make it harder to choose a path forward, writes Brian Moore.

May 5, 2017

Global Beat: Japan’s Military, Syria Cease-Fire, and More

This week, Japan’s prime minister plans to revise the island nation’s pacifist constitution by 2020; Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to attempt another ceasefire in Syria; Spain plans to use the Brexit negotiations to end the low-tax status on Gibraltar; and more.

May 4, 2017

Insights from Spring Conference 2017

Spring Conference 2017 was filled with discussions on U.S.-China relations, public diplomacy, the state of the free press, NAFTA renegotiations, the Middle East, U.S. immigration policy, and more.

May 2, 2017

U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement is Mutually Beneficial

South Korea and the United States should keep their mutually beneficial free trade agreement in place, experts told guests of the Pacific Council and the Korea Foundation during the SeouLA Forum.

May 1, 2017

President Trump’s First 100 Days on U.S. Foreign Policy

At the end of President Donald J. Trump's first 100 days in office, we look back at the advice of Pacific Council experts for addressing America's most pressing foreign policy challenges, and if the 45th U.S. President listened.

April 28, 2017

Global Beat: A NAFTA Two-Step, the French Runoff, and More

This week, President Trump raises the stakes on NAFTA renegotiations; French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen head to a runoff on May 7; Somali pirates attack commercial ships again after five years of calm; and more.

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