Catch up on the latest news and commentary from the Pacific Council. NEWSLETTER / November 5, 2020 The Pacific Council’s biweekly Newsletter shares international affairs commentary and analysis by our members and experts plus news from the Council and recaps of our recent events. SUPPORT THE COUNCIL Now, more than ever, the Pacific Council’s work to promote global engagement is vital. Learn about all the ways you can support our mission in Los Angeles, California, and beyond! donate today >> COMMENTARY LOCAL-TO-GLOBAL THINKING FOR THE INTERNATIONALLY MINDED Tim Ridout, writer If we want to convince American voters that a globalized world is in their interest, we have to make a better effort to explain why it is relevant to their circumstances. read more >> U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN IS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE ABANDONMENT Haroon Azar, a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations Any final outcome from the peace talks between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan must honor the sacrifices of Americans and Afghans, as well as the integrity of the Afghan constitution, the ideal of representative government, and the belief that all Afghans deserve equal consideration and treatment under the law read more >> SURVIVAL IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE PANDEMICS Les Lo Baught, Jr., president of E Cubed Optimizers LLC Individuals, communities, companies, and nations should seriously examine their own resiliency in regards to climate change and future pandemics. read more >> U.S. SECRET HOSTAGE TALKS WITH SYRIA COULD BE MAJOR PROGRESS IN PEACE INITIATIVES Abraham Wagner, national security expert For the United States and Israel, the most serious security concern in Syria remains the continued Iranian involvement. read more >> THE MYTH OF AMERICA'S APOLITICAL MILITARY Col. Todd Schmidt, Ph.D., Director (J5) for Plans, Policy, and Allied Integration in the U.S. Army’s Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense Achieving a healthy rebalance in civil-military relations requires rebalanced investment in competing institutions and elements of national power. read more >> THE META-LESSONS FROM COVID-19 Luke Matthews, Ph.D., senior social scientist at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation Failure to address the societal problems revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic could be a failure to learn the meta-lessons from this crisis. read more >> THE GLOBALIZATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND THE ROLE OF U.S. ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS Kate Jiang, international team lead for China at Cedars-Sinai, and Heitham Hassoun, vice president and international medical director at Cedars-Sinai The medical device market is experiencing a changing landscape as players from emerging economies join the competition, and this will only be accelerated with the global pandemic. read more >> more commentary EVENT VIDEOS + RECAPS A CONVERSATION WITH THE FILMMAKERS OF "IMMIGRATION NATION" Missed our Culture Club discussion with the "Immigration Nation" filmmakers? Watch the conversation at the link below, and tune into the docuseries on Netflix. After hearing from viewers who wanted to help the families featured in the docuseries, the filmmakers set up a GoFundMe. Learn more about the needs of immigrant families and contribute to the cause here. watch >> THE NEED FOR BALANCE: COOPERATION, COMPETITION, AND THE U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP Watch the latest installment of the Edgerton Series on Responding to a Rising China, featuring Dr. Geoffrey Garrett, dean of the USC Marshall School of Business and former president of the Pacific Council, on how the United States should balance competition and collaboration with China, the prospects for economic decoupling, and the state of bilateral trade. watch and read more >> THE FUTURE OF U.S.-UAE RELATIONS WITH H.E. DR. ANWAR GARGASH The Pacific Council recently hosted a discussion with H.E. Dr. Anwar Gargash, the United Arab Emirate’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, on the recent normalization of relations, the state of the region, and U.S.-UAE relations. read more >> AFTER NOVEMBER 3: A PREDICTION Dan Schnur of UC Berkeley and USC and Sonja Diaz of the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative discussed what to expect in the days after the U.S. presidential election. watch and read more >> more event videos + recaps UPCOMING EVENTS register >> UNDER PRESSURE: TAIWAN, THE UNITED STATES, AND CHINA Thursday, November 12 / 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PT / Open to the public The next installment of the Edgerton Series on Responding to a Rising China, on what an increasingly forceful China means for the United States and Taiwan. more upcoming events BECOME A MEMBER Members of the Pacific Council become part of a community of thoughtful, concerned global citizens whose experience informs smart policy and discourse. 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