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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.

Please note that all upcoming events will still appear at our main website, pacificcouncil.org, or by visiting the Activities menu above.

May 20, 2021

CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATION ON FOREIGN REPORTING WITH USC

September 17, 2020

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

June 4, 2020

WHAT DOES WASHINGTON WANT FROM CHINA?

Pique is not a policy, writes Christopher Hill.

May 15, 2020

YUKIO OKAMOTO, FORMER COUNCIL DIRECTOR: AN APPRECIATION

Abraham Lowenthal remembers Yukio Okamoto, a distinguished Japanese diplomat, trusted senior advisor to successive prime ministers of his country, influential international consultant, and a long time Board member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, who recently passed away from COVID-19.

May 13, 2020

THE WORLD IS HELPING AMERICANS WHO DON'T ALWAYS SEE IT

Cities and states are using international support to cope. They need to plan for global partnership to recover, writes Heather Hurlburt.

May 7, 2020

COVID-19 AND THE MIDDLE EAST'S 'COLD WAR'

The pandemic has altered our temporal imagination and accelerated political tensions in the Middle East, writes Ibrahim Al-Marashi.

May 5, 2020

INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT

If Americans refuse to meaningfully address race relations, the United States will grow weaker and less effective both at home and as an international actor, write Jerrold D. Green and Michael Lawson.

April 28, 2020

THE DAY THE MUSLIM WORLD'S FIRST DEMOCRACY FELL

April 28 marks 100 years since the Soviet Red Army invaded Azerbaijan and put an end to the very first secular democracy in the Muslim world—the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, writes Nasimi Aghayev.

April 6, 2020

How COVID-19 Makes International Affairs More Humanly Decent

While this is a serious crisis, it is also an opportunity for a fundamental transformation of our interactions with each other, our values, and our assessment of power, authority, and governance, writes Sohaela Amiri.

March 20, 2020

U.S.-Mexico Relations—Moving Forward

Progress has been made on trade and security cooperation in the U.S.-Mexico relationship, but more remains to be done, writes Michael Camuñez.

January 29, 2020

Why Mediation Between Saudi Arabia and Iran Keeps Failing

Since an attack on state-owned Saudi oil and gas facilities in September 2019, international efforts to mediate conflicts between Saudi Arabia and Iran have failed, writes Banafsheh Keynoush.

January 23, 2020

Graffy: UK Government Badly Misled Harry Dunn’s Family

UK government officials should correct the narrative that has taken root surrounding the unfortunate car accident that took the life of Harry Dunn, writes Colleen Graffy.

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