Saudi Arabia has committed war crimes in Yemen’s civil war, creating a humanitarian disaster that demands resolution, Ambassador Barbara K. Bodine and Mr. James P. Farwell told Pacific Council members in the second installment of the Pacific Council’s Summer Teleconference Series.
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Pacific Council member and LA 2028 Bid Committee CEO Gene Sykes discusses the impact hosting the Games will have on Los Angeles’ role as a global city.
Climate change and regional conflicts make South Asia one of the most water insecure regions in the world, Dr. Zafar Adeel and Dr. Isha Ray told Pacific Council members in the third installment of the Pacific Council’s Summer Teleconference Series.
Pacific Council member George Nolfi’s new film about Bruce Lee, Birth of the Dragon, is a product of the burgeoning relationship between Hollywood and China, demonstrated by increased Chinese investments in American studios and films.
In recent media interviews, Pacific Council board members Mickey Kantor and Michael Camuñez said NAFTA needs to be updated but urged President Trump not to pull the United States out of the agreement entirely.
The United States and Russia may have an adversarial relationship, but that does not mean they cannot cooperate on issues of mutual concern and interest, Dr. Agnia Grigas and Dr. Vidya Nadkarni told Pacific Council members in the fourth installment of the Pacific Council’s Summer Teleconference Series.
The results of Germany’s recent federal election will have a broad impact on the Eurozone, the NATO alliance, U.S.-German transatlantic relations, and the future of the European project, Heather Conley and Constanze Stelzenmüller told Pacific Council members in the fifth and final installment of the Summer Teleconference Series.
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The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s 22nd annual Humanitarian Symposium and Prize Ceremony is returning to Los Angeles.
As part of the Pacific Council’s Mexico Initiative, Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso recently joined Pacific Council sustaining members to discuss the NAFTA negotiations and the overall bilateral relationship between the United States and Mexico.
U.S. policy in Africa should focus more on strengthening good governance and economic growth and less on military operations, experts told Pacific Council members in a Situation Briefing teleconference in advance of Members Weekend 2017.
