Somaliland’s claims for sovereignty have endured nearly three decades and span identity, historical memory, and legal arguments, experts told Pacific Council members in the second installment of the 2019 Summer Teleconference Series.
The latest heatwave demonstrates that climate change is a transnational threat that requires transcontinental cooperation, writes Ibrahim Al-Marashi.
The dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir has been a source of violence and conflict for decades with implications for both countries’ foreign policies, internal politics, and national identities, experts told Pacific Council members in the first installment of the 2019 Summer Teleconference Series.
The Pacific Council has partnered with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office on a new program called the Mayor’s Young Ambassador Initiative to empower the next generation of global citizens.
Amid the national debate about immigration and border policy and a recent surge of Central American asylum seekers, Pacific Council delegates traveled to El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to gain firsthand experience and knowledge of the situation on the ground. Read about what they learned.
Any U.S.-China trade deal will not be the end of the process but rather a temporary truce in what is increasingly looking like a much bigger struggle, experts told Pacific Council members in a teleconference.
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Japan and South Korea must do all they can to defuse the recent tension between them, and the global community needs to be part of the solution, writes Jongsoo Lee.
The success of Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy depends on continued forgiveness from allies and partners, writes Derek Grossman.
Get to know our current crop of Junior Fellows! Next up: Jure Erlic from Carnegie Mellon University.
