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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

August 5, 2019

Building the Next Generation of LA’s Global Leadership

The Pacific Council has partnered with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office on a new program called the Mayor’s Young Ambassador Initiative to empower the next generation of global citizens.

August 2, 2019

Biggest Threat to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy? Washington

The success of Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy depends on continued forgiveness from allies and partners, writes Derek Grossman.

July 25, 2019

Green: UK/France Delegation Highlighted Brexit Concerns

Pacific Council President and CEO Dr. Jerrold D. Green discusses his key takeaways from our recent delegation to the United Kingdom and France.

July 19, 2019

Mexico: A Global Cultural Superpower

Former Mexican Consul General in LA Carlos García de Alba recently sat down with the Pacific Council's Spring 2019 Communications Project Fellow Gemma Stewart for an interview in USC’s Public Diplomacy Magazine to discuss Mexico’s deep connection with Los Angeles and monumental moments throughout his career.

July 15, 2019

Venezuela: Is There a Way Out of Its Tragic Impasse?

In a new policy brief for the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program, Abraham F. Lowenthal and David Smilde argue that conflicts that appeared to be irreconcilable have sometimes been resolved in other countries that were once controlled by authoritarian regimes, and these experiences are relevant to Venezuela’s plight.

July 12, 2019

The Case for a Climate Alliance Treaty Organization

Current tensions within NATO need to be overcome in order to deal with the looming threat of climate insecurity, writes Ibrahim Al-Marashi.

July 8, 2019

Berlin: The Beating Heart of European Civil Society

Berlin is poised to play a pivotal role in shaping civil society in Germany, Europe, and the world at large, writes Kimberly Marteau Emerson and Nina Smidt.

June 25, 2019

Jared Kushner’s Bahrain Conference Won’t Work

Palestinians know that unless there is a political horizon that provides for an end to the occupation and the freedom and independence they need to grow their economy, they will not prosper, write Mel Levine and James Zogby.

June 20, 2019

Green: LA is a Microcosm of the Great U.S. Experiment

Watch Pacific Council President and CEO Dr. Jerrold D. Green's remarks at our 2019 Global LA Summit and a video featuring USC Viterbi students who traveled to a refugee camp in Greece and invented products to solve the challenges they witnessed on the ground.

June 20, 2019

Remembering Neda

Today, on the 10th anniversary of Neda Agha-Soltan’s murder by an Iranian sniper in Tehran, her story remains alive, showing that governments—no matter how powerful and repressive—cannot wholly control what their own people and global publics can learn about their actions, writes Phil Seib.

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