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Kal Raustiala: Don't knock knockoffs

What do Forever 21, the Buffalo Bills’ 1990s offense, the Kogi food truck, Ed’s Lobster Bar and Carlos Mencia all have in common? They are examples of a provocative but curiously optimistic idea: that imitation can be the sincerest form of innovation — at least in industries that fall partly or completely outside the laws governing intellectual property.
Posted: 9/27/2012

Is It Theft or Innovation?

"The Knockoff Economy," a new book by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was cited Tuesday in a Wall Street Journal article about yoga-clothing designer Lululemon accusing Calvin Klein of a patent violation. Raustiala was quoted.
Posted: 9/12/2012

Amy Zegart

Zegart, associate professor of public policy at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, was quoted Saturday in a Christian Science Monitor article about the long-term impact of Osama bin Laden and the attacks of 9/11 on America.
Posted: 5/9/2011

Matthew Alexander

Alexander, a fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was quoted Saturday in an Agence-France Presse article about whether torture and enhanced interrogation techniques should be used against terrorism suspects.
Posted: 5/9/2011

Did Torture Slow Search for Bin Laden?

Matthew Alexander, a fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was interviewed today on the nationally syndicated radio and TV program “Democracy Now” about the intelligence that led to Osama bin Laden and whether torture and enhanced interrogation techniques should be used against terrorism suspects.
Posted: 5/4/2011

Coalition Intervenes in Libya

CNN.com on Sunday featured an op-ed by Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about the current fighting in Libya.
Posted: 3/21/2011

Libya: To Intervene or Not

Friday's Washington Post featured an op-ed by Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, on the current rebellion in Libya and U.S. intervention policy since Vietnam.
Posted: 3/15/2011

Kal Raustiala

Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was quoted Sunday in a San Francisco Chronicle article about a battle between Chevron Corp. and a group of lawyers fighting the company over oil field pollution in Ecuador.
Posted: 3/7/2011

Pakistan Dispute Reveals History of Diplomatic Immunity

The Los Angeles Times features an editorial today written by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about how the American diplomat who has been accused of killing two men in Pakistan has brought to light issues surrounding diplomatic immunity.
Posted: 3/3/2011

Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA

An Examiner blog reported Friday on the 2011 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA, which was delivered Thursday by Leon Wieseltier, author and literary editor of the New Republic magazine.
Posted: 2/14/2011

Professor Discusses Two Kinds of Innovators

Today the New York Times “Freakonomics” blog features a guest post co-written by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about the two types of innovators: pioneers, the “lonely geniuses” who come up with big ideas, and tweakers, the reformers who turn those ideas into brilliant products.
Posted: 11/15/2010

The Economic History of Your T-Shirt

Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was interviewed Thursday on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" about the international economic and manufacturing processes behind the production of T-shirts.
Posted: 11/5/2010

Kal Raustiala

Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, is quoted today in a New York Times blog article about copyright issues in the fashion industry.
Posted: 9/20/2010

Kal Raustiala

Raustiala, professor of law and director of UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations, was quoted Monday in a Los Angeles Business Journal article about a recent bill which would allow fashion designers to apply for copyright restrictions on their creations.
Posted: 8/24/2010

America's Intelligence Agencies

Radio Australia News reported Aug. 11 on research by Amy Zegart, associate professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, on efforts to reform the intelligence apparatus in the United States. Zegart was quoted.
Posted: 8/20/2010

Are Knock-Offs Healthy for the Fashion Industry?

Thursday's New York Times featured an op-ed co-authored by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations, addressing the pros and cons of proposed legislation to extend copyright protection to the fashion industry.
Posted: 8/13/2010

Kal Raustiala

Raustiala, professor of law and director of UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations, was quoted Thursday in a New York Times blog article about copyright protection in the U.S. fashion industry.
Posted: 8/9/2010

Controversy Over WikiLeaks Documents

Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was interviewed Monday on CNN's "Larry King Live" about the value and accuracy of the classified U.S. military documents concerning the war in Afghanistan recently made public by the WikiLeaks website.
Posted: 7/29/2010

Kal Raustiala

Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, is quoted today in an Associated Press article about the recent shooting of a Mexican teenager by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Posted: 6/11/2010

Gen. Wesley Clark and Kal Raustiala

Clark, a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, and Raustiala, professor of law and director of the Burkle Center, were quoted in a New York Times column about Memorial Day ceremonies and the war on terror.
Posted: 6/2/2010

Burkle Senior Fellow Dr. Suphamongkhon in Free Speech Radio News

Dr. Suphamongkhon discusses Thailand's political climate following recent protests in a broadcast titled, "After Protests, Thailand's Political Future Uncertain."
Posted: 5/26/2010

Kantathi Suphamongkhon

Suphamongkhon, a senior fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations and the former foreign minister of Thailand, was quoted Saturday in a Washington Daily Herald article about the recent violence between protesters and government forces in Thailand.
Posted: 5/24/2010

Quelling Political Protests in Thailand

Today's Christian Science Monitor features an op-ed by Kantathi Suphamongkhon, a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and former foreign minister of Thailand, about the recent violence in Thailand between government forces and protesters seeking to remove the country's prime minister from office.
Posted: 5/17/2010

UCLA Burkle Center Conference to Explore China's Engagement on Key Global Issues

News release about the Burkle Center's co-hosting China and foreign policy experts for an all-day conference at UCLA aimed at exploring China's engagement with key global issues such as nuclear non-proliferation and climate change.
Posted: 5/16/2010

Is the Catholic Church a State?

Sunday's Los Angeles Times featured an op-ed by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, examining the historical notion that the pope is a head of state and that the Vatican is a sovereign nation.
Posted: 4/12/2010

Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) in The Washington Post

Gen. Clark co-chaired a report that supports U.S. efforts to press the generals who have ruled Myanmar for decades to hold credible elections and to give more rights to minorities and activists.
Posted: 3/31/2010

Daniel Pearl Lecture featured on LA Times Hot List for Events

The LA Times recommended the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture in its Hot List for events and highlighted our speaker Christopher Hitchens as "...the rabble-rousing Vanity Fair columnist and commentator on contemporary thought, politics and culture."
Posted: 3/3/2010

Hitchens Here to Give Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featured in LA Observed online.
Posted: 3/3/2010

Oscars Lead to Fashion 'Plagiarism'

A New York Times blog today featured commentary by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about "copycat" fashion firms and intellectual property law in the apparel industry.
Posted: 3/3/2010

UN Secretary-General Visits UCLA

Voice of America, KBS America News, the Korea Times, the Korea Daily, the Korea Herald and the Yonhap News Service reported Tuesday on United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to UCLA, where he received the UCLA Medal and delivered a speech encouraging students to become active in issues related to climate change, women's rights and environmental protection.
Posted: 3/3/2010

UN Secretary-General Visits UCLA (Korean)

Voice of America, KBS America News, the Korea Times, the Korea Daily, the Korea Herald and the Yonhap News Service reported Tuesday on United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to UCLA, where he received the UCLA Medal and delivered a speech encouraging students to become active in issues related to climate change, women's rights and environmental protection.
Posted: 3/3/2010

Brodie Lecture featured in Korea Daily

(This article is written in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010

Brodie lecture featured in Korea Times online

(This article is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010

Korea Herald Business Covers Ban Ki-moon's Receipt of the UCLA Medal

(This article is written in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010

Munhwa Broadcasting Company in Korea Televises Ban Ki-moon Brodie Lecture at UCLA

(This video and article is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010

Radio Korea Offers a Transcript of Brodie Lecture with Ban Ki-moon

(This transcript is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010

Yonhap News in Korea Covers Ban Ki-moon Lecture

(This article is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010

YTN in Korea Covers Ban Ki-moon UCLA Visit

(This article is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010

UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon comments on Terrorism in Afghanistan

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon interviewed by Patt Morrison on KPCC in advance of his UCLA appearance on March 1, 2010.
Posted: 3/1/2010

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to receive UCLA Medal, speak on campus

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will present United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the UCLA Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the campus. Established in 1979, the medal is awarded to those who have made truly extraordinary and distinguished contributions to their professions and to society. Ban will also deliver the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace, followed by a question-and-answer session.
Posted: 2/24/2010

UN Secretary-General to Visit UCLA

China's Xinhua News Service reported Tuesday that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will speak at UCLA on March 2 about the role of the UN in an era of global changes and will receive the UCLA Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the campus.
Posted: 2/24/2010

Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) on Larry King Live

Gen. Clark speaks in favor of Obama's repealing the military's "don't ask/don't tell" policy.
Posted: 2/2/2010

Burkle Center Fellow Amy Zegart in Voice of America on Gaps in US Intelligence

Professor Zegart declares the Christmas Day attack a major intelligence failure.
Posted: 1/5/2010

Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart in Atlantic Online on Continuing Failure of American Security Agencies

Prof. Zegart calls foiled terror incident over Detroit worse than 9/11.
Posted: 1/5/2010

Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart in the NY Times on the Christmas Day Bombing

Prof. Amy Zegart comments on parallels between 9/11 and the Christmas Day bombing.
Posted: 12/31/2009

Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala in UCLA Today on likely outcome of UN Climate Change Conference

Prof. Raustiala comments on chances of nations reaching an agreement at UNFCCC (COP 15) in Copenhagen, Denmark, as group of UCLA environmental law students attends the conference.
Posted: 12/4/2009

Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart in Time magazine on CIA assets in Afghanistan

Prof. Amy Zegart comments on CIA recruitment policy of informants and collaborators
Posted: 10/29/2009

America's Role in a 'Post-American' World

Saturday's Huffington Post featured a column by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about the United States' position and role amid global changes in power and politics.
Posted: 9/15/2009

New Terrorism Interrogation Unit

Amy Zegart, associate professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs and a Faculty Fellow at the Burkle Center, was interviewed on KCRW-89.9 FMs "To the Point" about President Obama's creation of a new interagency team of interrogators to question key terrorism suspects.
Posted: 8/26/2009

Prisoner Abuse and National Security

KPFK-90.7 FM's To the Point Talk Show, August 25, 2009, feat. Burkle Center Faculty Fellow Amy Zegart on Obama's new Interagency Interrogation Group led by the FBI.
Posted: 8/25/2009

Amy Zegart

Zegart, associate professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs and a faculty fellow at the Burkle Center, was quoted yesterday in a New York Times article about the role of FBI "threat squads" in deterring terrorism in the U.S.
Posted: 8/19/2009

Testing Torture

UCLA News Radio show, the 8th Diplomat, May 26, 2009, feat. Burkle Center speakers on interrogation, torture, and what works.
Posted: 5/26/2009

The Big Hunt for Bin Laden

Khaleej Times Online, April 18, 2009 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Amy Zegart)
Posted: 4/18/2009

Economic Jitters Bring Out the Litter Bugs

Sydney Morning Herald, April 16, 2009 (feat. Ed Leamer, Chauncey J. Medberry Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and Burkle Center Faculty Advisory Board Member).
Posted: 4/16/2009

Political Protests End in Thailand

KPFK-90.7 FM's Free Speech Radio News, April 14, 2009, feat. Burkle Center Senior Fellow Kantathi Suphamongkhon on the recent violence in Thailand between the military and anti-government protesters.
Posted: 4/14/2009

Burkle Center in the News: Conference on U.S.China Relations

China's Sing Tao Daily, People's Republic Daily, China Press and Chinese Daily News reported Sunday on a Jan. 30 conference at UCLA co-sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations.
Posted: 2/1/2009

Conference on U.S.China Relations

KSCI-TV Channel 18 reported on the conference Jan. 30th at UCLA co-sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations that examined the future of U.S.China relations under the new Obama administration.
Posted: 1/30/2009

Scowcroft Proteges on Obama's Radar

The Wall Street Journal, November 24, 2008 (feat. Burkle Center Fellow Amy Zegart)
Posted: 11/24/2008

8th Diplomat: Spotlight on the UCLA Burkle Center

UCLA Radio News, November 18, 2008 (feat. Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala on what it's like to run the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations)
Posted: 11/18/2008

Amy Zegart: US Spy Agencies Have Long Way to Go

UCLA Burkle Center, August 18, 2008 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)
Posted: 10/16/2008

8th Diplomat: Hans Blix, UN Inspectors Chief: How To Prevent Nuclear War

UCLA Radio News, April 8, 2008 (feat. Burkle Center Event with Hans Blix)
Posted: 4/8/2008

The Realists vs. the Neocons

National Interest Online, March 20, 2008 (feat. Burkle Center annual conference)
Posted: 3/20/2008

8th Diplomat: Coverage of the 2008 Burkle Center Conference

UCLA Radio News, March 18, 2008 (feat. Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala)
Posted: 3/18/2008

North Korea: "We Must Have Nuclear Weapons, Otherwise We Would be Another Iraq"

UCLA Radio News, March 18, 2008 (feat. Burkle Center Senior Fellow Kantathi Suphamongkhon)
Posted: 3/18/2008

Another Kennedy or Bush Jr.?

The Korea Times, March 11, 2008 (feat. Burkle Center Faculty Advisory Board Member Tom Plate)
Posted: 3/11/2008

Hill Deserves `Oscar for NK

The Korea Times, February 25, 2008 (feat. Burkle Center Faculty Advisory Board Member Tom Plate)
Posted: 2/25/2008

The Worse Option

Khaleej Times Online, February 19, 2008 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)
Posted: 2/19/2008

The Next American Century: Can the U.S. Thrive in a New Era of Big Powers?

KPCC 89.3 Radio, February 3, 2008 (feat. Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala)
Posted: 2/11/2008

Wesley Clark to Host Conference on National Security in March

BlueSunbelt.com, December 15, 2006 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 12/15/2007

The Larry Mantle Show: Discussion of Gen. Clark's Autobiography

KPCC 89.3 Radio, November 11, 2007 (feat. Burkle Center Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 11/21/2007

Is the Democracy Image Losing its Glow?

The Japan Times Online, November 17, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)
Posted: 11/17/2007

General Marches Through Town

LA Times, November 16, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 11/16/2007

The Potency of Persuasion

Fortune Magazine, November 8, 2007 (feat. Burkle Center Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 11/8/2007

Amy Zegart Response Blog on Spying Blind

The Coffee House on TPM.com, November 5, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)
Posted: 11/5/2007

Wesley Clark in N.H. to Talk About Clinton's Record on Veterans' Issues

Campaigns and Elections Online, October 30, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 10/30/2007

Winner's Run

Khaleej Times Online, October 28, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)
Posted: 10/28/2007

Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11

C-SPAN, September 27, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)
Posted: 10/27/2007

Americas Dysfunctional Intelligence Agencies

Podcast on Truthdig.com, October 16, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)
Posted: 10/16/2007

Gen. Wesley Clark: Clinton's Approach Deters a Rush to War

UnionLeader.com, October 14, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 10/14/2007

The Silly Summit That Produced Serious Results

Khaleej Times Online, October 13, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)
Posted: 10/13/2007

Blackwater Founder to Testify on Hill

NPR, October 2, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Deborah Avant)
Posted: 10/2/2007

Japans Revolving Door of Power

Khaleej Times Online, September 22, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)
Posted: 9/22/2007

Making a Killing: How Private Armies Became A $120bn Global Industry

The Independent, September 21, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Deborah Avant)
Posted: 9/21/2007

The Next War

The Washington Post, September 16, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 9/16/2007

First Person: Amy Zegart

California Connected, September 7, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)
Posted: 9/7/2007

Why Terrorists Aren't Soldiers

New York Times, August 8, 2007 (feat. Burkle Director Kal Raustiala and Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 8/8/2007

Intelligence Post Seen as a Thankless Job

NPR, June 30, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)
Posted: 6/30/2007

A Bill of Rights Without Borders

LA Times, June 9, 2007 (feat. Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala)
Posted: 6/9/2007

Nuclear Weapons Symposium to Feature UCLA Emeritus

UCLA School of Public Affairs, March 2, 2007 (feat. the Burkle Center)
Posted: 3/2/2007

The Smart Surge: Diplomacy

The Washington Post, January 8, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 1/8/2007

Negroponte's Departure Shows Pressure of the Post

NPR, January 7, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)
Posted: 1/7/2007

Legal Scholar Kal Raustiala Appointed Director of the UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations

UCLA Newsroom, December 15, 2006 (feat. Burkle Director Kal Raustiala)
Posted: 12/15/2006

Former NATO Commander, Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, Joining UCLA as Senior Fellow

International Herald Tribune, September 18, 2006 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)
Posted: 9/18/2006