Newsroom

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

May 5, 2017

Global Beat: Japan’s Military, Syria Cease-Fire, and More

This week, Japan’s prime minister plans to revise the island nation’s pacifist constitution by 2020; Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to attempt another ceasefire in Syria; Spain plans to use the Brexit negotiations to end the low-tax status on Gibraltar; and more.

May 4, 2017

Insights from Spring Conference 2017

Spring Conference 2017 was filled with discussions on U.S.-China relations, public diplomacy, the state of the free press, NAFTA renegotiations, the Middle East, U.S. immigration policy, and more.

April 28, 2017

Global Beat: A NAFTA Two-Step, the French Runoff, and More

This week, President Trump raises the stakes on NAFTA renegotiations; French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen head to a runoff on May 7; Somali pirates attack commercial ships again after five years of calm; and more.

April 26, 2017

How Technology is Transforming our Understanding of War

Rapid technological change is challenging the traditional definition of war, Rosa Brooks and Peter Neffenger told Pacific Council members at Spring Conference 2017.

April 24, 2017

Instability Threatens to Undermine the European Project

Europe is facing internal and external pressures that could undermine EU stability and trigger a reversion to a nation-centric continent, Ambassadors Colleen Bell and John Emerson told Pacific Council members at Spring Conference 2017.

April 21, 2017

Global Beat: Asylum in Mexico, North Korea Tension, and More

This week, Central American migrants seek asylum in Mexico in record numbers; tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to mount; UK Prime Minister Theresa May calls for an early general election; and more.

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.

April 18, 2017

Ted Lieu: We Need Clear Strategy on Syria and North Korea

The White House needs to outline a clear strategy on Syria and North Korea, and obtain congressional approval if it wants to use military force, Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) told Pacific Council members during Spring Conference 2017.

April 17, 2017

Trump’s Tweets About North Korea Make Bad Matters Worse

The best option for the situation on the Korean Peninsula is a combination of further sanctions and intense, boring, frustrating diplomacy, not more tweeting or war, writes Nina Hachigian.

April 14, 2017

Global Beat: Tillerson in Russia, Caracas Protests, and More

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Moscow; thousands of Venezuelans protest in the streets of Caracas for nearly two weeks; China orders a fleet of North Korean cargo ships carrying coal to return to North Korea because of that country’s repeated missile tests; and more.

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