Naseem Qader shows how tariffs have quietly become the hidden architecture of global power, rewiring the world economy through deliberate detours that reshape everything from supply chains to international alliances, making economic disruption the new language of geopolitics.

Pacific Council member Cassie Hermiston-Boyd shares her takeaways from the Young Diplomatic Forum (YDF) in Washington, D.C.

Pacific Council Junior Fellow Joseph Leonard examines how China is exerting an increasingly malign influence over California, just as Washington has dismantled the very defenses meant to stop them.

This summer, the Pacific Council welcomed its 2025 Summer Junior Fellows Joseph Leonard, Luisa Luo, and Juliette Hawley. We took a moment to ask them about their fellowship experience, where they go to stay up to date on international affairs, and what global issues they find most pressing.

Naseem Qader argues that the real AI race isn't about building smarter systems, but about who controls the physical infrastructure—from mines to data centers—that will determine global power for decades to come.

Jonathan Fielding, Peter Katona, and Seth Freeman warn that U.S. cuts to global and domestic health programs risk a surge in preventable deaths and global disease outbreaks, undermining decades of public health progress.

Abraham F. Lowenthal, the founding director of the Pacific Council on International Policy and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, provides an in-depth analysis of the changing US relationship with its "near abroad" and the need for far-sighted policies that address the complex "intermestic" issues facing the region in today's interconnected world.

Pacific Council member Naseem Qader examines how climate migration is already reshaping global borders and international relations, emphasizing the inadequacy of current frameworks, emerging policy innovations, and the urgent need for coordinated responses across governments, private sector, and cities.

Pacific Council member Amy Smathers shares her 5 takeaways from the event, IRC Rising to the Challenge: A Conversation with David Miliband & Ben Rhodes.

Ambassador Marc B. Nathanson, Pacific Council member and former Board Co-Chair, reflects on the significant achievements made during his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway from 2022 to 2024.