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Upcoming Events & Activities
October 7, 2025
On Tuesday, October 7, at 8 am PT, the Pacific Council welcomes our membership to dial in for a discussion of the current relationship between the U.S. and Greenland, and implications for Greenland’s potential bid for independence from Denmark. Members will hear from Rufus Gifford, Former Chief of Protocol of the United States and Former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Dr. Gabriella Gricius, a Senior Fellow at the Arctic Institute and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz, and Allison Agsten the Inaugural Director of USC Annenberg’s Center for Climate Journalism and Communication and Affiliate of the Arctic Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
Online Webinar
October 15, 2025
Join the Pacific Council on Wednesday, October 15, at 8 am PT, to explore the impact of increasing global dependence on AI and the loosening of climate regulatory policy in the U.S. with the passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill. The audience will hear from Samantha Gross, Director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative and a Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, and Allan T. Marks, Senior Fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Law Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and UCLA.
8:00am
Online Webinar
October 21, 2025
On October 21 at 9 AM, the Pacific Council will host a webinar featuring Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University, and Jerrold D. Green, Interim President & CEO of the Pacific Council. A leading scholar of democracy and governance, Diamond will explore the resurgence of authoritarianism, democratic backsliding in established systems, and the erosion of trust in democratic institutions.
9:00am to 10:00am
Online Webinar
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