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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 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 3, 2017

Technology, Not Trade, Will Affect Jobs in U.S., South Korea

How will automation impact the economic relationship between South Korea and the United States? Yong Suk Lee explains how new technologies affect labor more than trade.

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.

April 27, 2017

Climate Risk and Opportunity in South Korea

South Korea has much to gain by taking on a leadership role on building a low-carbon future—and even more to lose by standing by and watching, writes Kate Gordon.

April 26, 2017

How Technology is Transforming our Understanding of War

Rapid technological change is challenging the traditional definition of war, Rosa Brooks and Peter Neffenger told Pacific Council members at Spring Conference 2017.

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.

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