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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.

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May 20, 2021

CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATION ON FOREIGN REPORTING WITH USC

September 17, 2020

A GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA'S LOCAL-TO-GLOBAL BALLOT MEASURES

August 7, 2017

Congress Must Act On U.S.-Africa Policy

On U.S.-Africa policy, Congress must continue defending foreign assistance that supports development in African countries, expand the financing and insurance tools that American companies need to compete with foreign companies in Africa, and insist on good governance abroad and at home, writes Grant Harris.

July 26, 2017

Mainstream Media Dropping the Ball with Terrorism Coverage

For all the breathless headlines about ISIL-inspired terror attacks, many know little about the complexities of terrorism and Islam, writes Phil Seib.

July 17, 2017

Supporting Refugees: An Imperative for American Ideals

Americans want safety and opportunity for their families—the very same desires of refugees that seek shelter on our shores, writes Kelsey Campbell.

July 10, 2017

Yaroslavsky and Al-Marayati: Strike Down the Travel Ban

In a Los Angeles Times op-ed, Pacific Council members Zev Yaroslavsky and Salam Al-Marayati urge the Supreme Court to strike down the Trump administration's travel ban.

July 5, 2017

On North Korea, Trump Should Follow Nixon’s China Example

Normalizing a nuclear North Korea offers the United States the opportunity to cauterize the nuclear risk by reducing tensions just as Nixon's normalization cauterized nuclear China in the 1970s, writes Bennett Ramberg.

June 12, 2017

To Maintain Control of the Seas, Trump Must Rebuild the Navy

China and Russia have decided that the sea is the place to challenge America’s global leadership, write Robert C. O'Brien and Jerry Hendrix. President Trump must rebuild the U.S. Navy to keep command of the oceans.

June 1, 2017

How America and China Could Stumble to War

War between the United States and China is not inevitable, but it is possible, writes Graham Allison. China’s disruptive rise creates conditions in which accidental, otherwise inconsequential events could trigger a large-scale conflict.

May 15, 2017

They Will Look to America

If democracy is in recession across the world, America needs to make every effort to reinvigorate it, argues former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

May 8, 2017

The U.S., Japan, and South Korea Must Align on North Korea

Even as the United States and her Pacific allies coalesce around a shared belief that new measures must be taken with regard to North Korea, mutual mistrust and diverging priorities make it harder to choose a path forward, writes Brian Moore.

April 19, 2017

For U.S. Defense, Technological Change Compels New Strategy

U.S. defense planners must guard against warfare becoming so futuristic that the human role in it is dangerously diminished, writes Kiron Skinner.

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