European Commission
This week on Global Beat: several southern African nations declare states of emergency due to severe drought; Colombia’s FARC rebels agree to free their child soldiers; rising seas due to climate change threaten islands in the Pacific; and more.
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This week on Global Beat: Puerto Rico’s debt crisis deepens; the king of Spain dissolves parliament; Doctors Without Borders slams the UN Security Council; Kenya burns the largest stockpile of ivory in history; and more.
Dr. Bennett Ramberg illustrates how the Obama Administration's comparison of the Islamic State as cancer offers insights into finally defeating the terrorist organization.
Ahead of our Spring Conference discussion on America's foreign policy priorities, post election-day, Robert C. O'Brien and Robert Shrum lay out two contending agendas for the 45th President of the United States.
Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, talked ISIL, Putin, Iran, and more at a recent Pacific Council event.
Asia Society
Ambassador Nina Hachigian interviews Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering on U.S. vital interests and foreign policy priorities.
An Event Envoy interview with Dr. Henri Barkey, Director of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center, during the fifth installment of the Edgerton Series on Iran and Turkey.
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, the Pacific Council hosted a debate jointly sponsored as part of The McCain Institute's Debate and Decision Series, "Has the West Lost the Post-Cold War Era?"
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, talked Syria, Russia, trade and Iran at Members Weekend 2015.
A look ahead to our Members Weekend working group discussion on the many foreign policy issues facing the 45th U.S. President.
