Upcoming Events & Activities

October 7, 2025
Arctic Ambitions: U.S. Strategy and Engagement in Greenland

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.

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October 7, 2025
Arctic Ambitions: U.S. Strategy and Engagement in Greenland

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.

8:00am

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October 15, 2025
Who Gains from the Climate Crisis? AI, Fossil Fuels, and the Big Beautiful Bill

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

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October 21, 2025
The Future of Democracy: At Home and Abroad

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

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October 22, 2025
Book Talk - Ronald Reagan, Presidential Leadership, and Lessons for Today

Join the Pacific Council on Wednesday, October 22, at 6 pm PT for a book talk with Frank Lavin, Former Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce and author of Inside the Reagan White House: A Front-Row Seat to Presidential Leadership with Lessons for Today. 

Location to be announced.

6:00pm

Westside TBA

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POSTPONED: Edward Luce Book Talk | Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski

**Please note that this event has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon, and we encourage you to check back for updates.

The Pacific Council, in partnership with UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations, invites you to join us for a conversation with Edward Luce, Chief U.S. Commentator and Columnist, Financial Times on his most recent book Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet. The conversation will be moderated by Kal Raustiala, Director of the Burkle Center for International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Pacific Council on International Policy.

Los Angeles

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November 12, 2025
2025 Annual Conference

Join us for a milestone celebration as we mark 30 years of fostering global dialogue and understanding. Learn more about the 2025 Pacific Council Annual Conference.

8:00am to 6:00pm

Los Angeles, CA

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November 20, 2025
Book Talk - Fallout: The Inside Story of America's Failure to Disarm North Korea

On November 20 at 6 pm, the Pacific Council will host Joel S. Wit, a former State Department official, for a conversation on his newest book release, Fallout: The Inside Story of America's Failure to Disarm North Korea. For almost four decades, the United States has tried to stop North Korea’s attempts to build nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. Wit takes readers to the front lines of nuclear negotiations and to fierce policy debates and secret diplomatic gambits, recounting how perilously close the United States and North Korea have come, on various occasions, to nuclear confrontation. 

6:00pm

Santa Monica

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