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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.

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May 20, 2021

CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATION ON FOREIGN REPORTING WITH USC

September 17, 2020

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

April 25, 2017

Why Presidents Bush and Obama Should Unite to Protect PEPFAR

Presidents Bush and Obama should rally bipartisan support for the funding of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has saved approximately 12 million lives, writes Phil Seib.

April 24, 2017

Instability Threatens to Undermine the European Project

Europe is facing internal and external pressures that could undermine EU stability and trigger a reversion to a nation-centric continent, Ambassadors Colleen Bell and John Emerson told Pacific Council members at Spring Conference 2017.

April 21, 2017

Global Beat: Asylum in Mexico, North Korea Tension, and More

This week, Central American migrants seek asylum in Mexico in record numbers; tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to mount; UK Prime Minister Theresa May calls for an early general election; and more.

April 19, 2017

Annual Report 2016: Making Foreign Policy Less Foreign

The Pacific Council has published our annual report for the year ending December 31, 2016, highlighting our collective work and impact as an foreign affairs organization over the past year.

April 18, 2017

Ted Lieu: We Need Clear Strategy on Syria and North Korea

The White House needs to outline a clear strategy on Syria and North Korea, and obtain congressional approval if it wants to use military force, Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) told Pacific Council members during Spring Conference 2017.

April 17, 2017

Trump’s Tweets About North Korea Make Bad Matters Worse

The best option for the situation on the Korean Peninsula is a combination of further sanctions and intense, boring, frustrating diplomacy, not more tweeting or war, writes Nina Hachigian.

April 14, 2017

SeouLA: U.S.-Korea Must Work Together on Tech

Bilateral cooperation on technology can boost the economies of the United States and South Korea, experts told guests of the Pacific Council and the Korea Foundation during the first panel at the SeouLA Forum.

April 14, 2017

Global Beat: Tillerson in Russia, Caracas Protests, and More

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Moscow; thousands of Venezuelans protest in the streets of Caracas for nearly two weeks; China orders a fleet of North Korean cargo ships carrying coal to return to North Korea because of that country’s repeated missile tests; and more.

April 12, 2017

U.S.-Mexico NAFTA Talks: More Positives, Same Uncertainty

A U.S. or Mexican withdrawal from NAFTA renegotiation efforts seems less likely now than at any time since the election of Donald Trump, explains Pamela Starr. But nothing is set in stone.

April 11, 2017

Military Power and Soft Power in Syria: What Comes Next?

U.S. soft power recedes when the United States simply stands by as war crimes are committed, and it grows when the United States takes action in support of the victims of those crimes, writes Phil Seib.

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