The Pacific Council is pleased to host an exclusive breakfast roundtable with Dr. Alexander Vindman, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and leading national security expert. In this off-the-record conversation, Lt. Col. Vindman will share insights on U.S. foreign policy, the state of transatlantic alliances, and the threats facing democratic institutions at home and abroad.
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The Pacific Council is pleased to host an exclusive breakfast roundtable with Dr. Alexander Vindman, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and leading national security expert. In this off-the-record conversation, Lt. Col. Vindman will share insights on U.S. foreign policy, the state of transatlantic alliances, and the threats facing democratic institutions at home and abroad.
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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.
Online Webinar
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.
Online Webinar
**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
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.
Los Angeles, CA
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.
Santa Monica
