On Tuesday, July 7, at 10 am PT, the Pacific Council, in partnership with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), will host a webinar presenting the findings of the 2026 Global Peace Index (GPI) and examining MENA's peace trajectory alongside broader global trends. Attendees will hear from Michael Collins, Executive Director, Americas, of the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP).
Webinar
On Tuesday, July 7, at 10 am PT, the Pacific Council, in partnership with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), will host a webinar presenting the findings of the 2026 Global Peace Index (GPI) and examining MENA's peace trajectory alongside broader global trends. Attendees will hear from Michael Collins, Executive Director, Americas, of the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP).
Webinar
On Tuesday, July 14, at 9 am PT, the Pacific Council will host a webinar on the security crisis reshaping U.S.-Mexico relations. The event will feature Lila Abed, Director of the Mexico Program at the Inter-American Dialogue; Dr. Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Head of the North American Observatory at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime; Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy, Director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors, and Co-Director of the Africa Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution; and Clare Ribando Seelke, Specialist in Latin American Affairs at the Congressional Research Service.
Webinar
On Wednesday, July 22, at 10 am PT, the Pacific Council will host a webinar to take stock of the complex and often contradictory effects of the critical minerals industry on Africa. Attendees will hear from Kidan Araya, Founder and Director of the Africa Climate x Nature Salon; Kristi M. Rogers, Co-Founder & President, PRISM; Dr. Vera Songwe, Chair of the Board of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility; and British A. Robinson, Chair and Managing Director, Africa, Milken Institute, and Africa Senior Fellow at the Pacific Council.
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On Wednesday, August 12, at 10 am PT, the Pacific Council will host a webinar examining the rapid proliferation of armed drone technology in urban conflict environments, with a focused look at the ongoing security crisis in Haiti. Attendees will hear from Diego Da Rin, a Haiti Analyst at the International Crisis Group.
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On Thursday, August 27, at 3 pm PT, the Pacific Council is hosting a conversation to mark the one-year anniversary of the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and examine the uncertain future of American humanitarian assistance abroad. Participants will hear from Tyler Beckelman, Nonresident Scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Africa Program, Ebenezer Obadare, Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Michael Schiffer, Associate Fellow, Technology, Trade and Geopolitics Program at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Webinar
The Pacific Council on International Policy invites sustaining members to join an exclusive delegation to Armenia and Georgia, two nations at the dynamic intersection of geopolitics, history, and culture. This five-day experience from September 28 to October 2, 2026, will offer high-level access to key voices and institutions across the South Caucasus, providing participants with an on-the-ground perspective of one of the world's most strategically significant and rapidly evolving regions.
Georgia & Armenia
