Read an excerpt from Souad Mekhennet’s book I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad ahead of her keynote address at the Global LA Summit.
An unprecedented surge in family unit migration from Central America is overwhelming U.S. border agencies and immigration system and endangering children, according to a report by the Homeland Security Advisory Council authored by Robert C. Bonner, James R. Jones, and Karen Tandy.
During the Vietnam War, Asian Americans were identified as both adversary and citizen, leading to an examination during the war from an Asian American perspective which in turn strengthened the formation of a distinct political identity, writes Karen Ishizuka ahead of the Global LA Summit.
The Trump administration’s about-face on Libya leaves few options in the face of a dramatic escalation of violence, write Mieczysław P. Boduszyński and Christopher K. Lamont in the Washington Post.
On Thursday, May 2, Pacific Council President and CEO Jerry Green accepted the Stanley T. Olafson Bronze Plaque Award at the 2019 World Trade Week Kick-off Breakfast in Downtown LA. Presented by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce since 1933, the award honors a member of the international trade community whose outstanding dedication, efforts, and achievements in the field have advanced global trade in the Southern California region.
Pacific Council members recently visited the Los Angeles Times headquarters and met with senior editorial officials.
The United States should stand firm in the Western Hemisphere and assert its interests in Venezuela’s political outcome, writes Omar Qudrat.
The Leaders of Tomorrow project connects LA high school girls to female mentors and leaders in foreign policy. The project is designed in three parts:
The Pacific Council’s webinars and trainings program provides opportunities for members to enhance their professional development skills.





