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In a world that has largely committed itself to a clean energy future, writes Jake Levine, President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord may be an opening for an alternative American climate leader: the state of California.
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In a Los Angeles Times op-ed, Pacific Council members Zev Yaroslavsky and Salam Al-Marayati urge the Supreme Court to strike down the Trump administration's travel ban.
This week, more than 7,000 FARC rebels turn in their weapons as part of the Colombian peace agreement; a new computer virus from the Ukraine wreaks havoc on governments and businesses worldwide; a generic and inexpensive HIV drug will be introduced in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda; and more.
Normalizing a nuclear North Korea offers the United States the opportunity to cauterize the nuclear risk by reducing tensions just as Nixon's normalization cauterized nuclear China in the 1970s, writes Bennett Ramberg.
Although moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won reelection last month, hardliners made significant gains and could win the presidency in the next election, Koichiro Tanaka told Pacific Council members during the Edgerton Series on Iran and Turkey.
This week, Russia vows to shoot down U.S. jets in Syria flying west of the Euphrates; construction of a border wall fuels a diplomatic row between Ecuador and Peru; officials from the BRICS nations meet in South Africa; and more.
The United States must step up its game on U.S.-Africa trade and investment, writes Grant Harris, or it will effectively cede the region to China.
This week on Global Beat, Cuba announces plans to hold elections later this year; Otto Warmbier is medically evacuated from North Korea to the United States; and more.
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This week on Global Beat, several countries in the Gulf region sever diplomatic ties with Qatar; South Korea’s new president suspends the deployment of a U.S. antimissile defense system; Puerto Ricans decide on statehood; and more.
A special dinner event featuring Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2007-2009), U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (2005-2007), and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2003-2005).
