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Massive Leak of Diplomatic Cables Not a National Disaster, Experts Say
But if the U.S. government returns to old ways of hoarding secrets, it could inflict more damage on itself than the WikiLeaks disclosures have, according to Burkle Center Fellow Amy Zegart. She joined a panel discussion with UCLA's Robert Trager and Dalia Dassa Kaye of the RAND Corporation, with Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala as moderator.
Posted: 1/5/2011
Visitors Bureau Hosted 575 People from 91 Nations in 2010
Housed in the UCLA International Institute since 2002, the International Visitors Bureau matches foreign visitors with professionals and experts in all fields. This year the bureau, managed by Program Officer Gohar Grigorian with the aid of one part-time student worker and a network of contacts, observed a sharp rise in the number of visitors from China.
Posted: 12/15/2010
Israel's Deputy PM Assesses Mideast Security Challenges
Dan Meridor serves as deputy prime minister and minister of intelligence and atomic energy. On Nov. 29 at the law school, he warned of rising Iranian influence in the region, voiced his support for a two-state solution with the Palestinians, and raised questions about the future of armed conflict and international law.
Posted: 11/30/2010
Law and Politics in the Middle East Peace Process
The Honorable Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy
Posted: 11/29/2010
Law and Politics in the Middle East Peace Process
The Honorable Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy
Posted: 11/29/2010
Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
Michael D. Intriligator is a professor of economics, political science and public policy at UCLA. Nake M. Kamrany is a senior lecturer of economics and director of the Program in Law and Economics, Department of Economics, at the University of Southern California. This piece, which originally ran in the Huffington Post on Nov. 23, is a synopsis of the authors' presentation to the Global Security Seminar at UCLA.
Posted: 11/24/2010
Why Limited Force Rarely Works
A talk by Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention in the Center for Preventive Action (CPA), Council on Foreign Relations
Posted: 11/24/2010
The Economic Crisis and You
A Regents' Lecture by Skip Victor, Senior Managing Director of Duff & Phelps Corp. This event was co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Political Science.
Posted: 11/17/2010
Two-State Solution Remains Best Option for Realists and Doves, Says PLO Ambassador
Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, who leads the Palestine Liberation Organization's diplomatic mission to the United States, told a UCLA audience that the PLO is firmly committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state within the framework of negotiations with Israel, while acknowledging that the negotiations may fail.
Posted: 11/15/2010
Preserving the Two-State Solution
A lecture by Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization Representative to the U.S.
Posted: 11/13/2010
Admiral Michael Mullen Speaks at UCLA about Terrorism, Repeal of 'Don't Ask' Policy
Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chair of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, engaged in a wide-ranging conversation with journalist Renee Montagne for the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on Conditions of Peace, an annual event sponsored by the Burkle Center.
Posted: 11/12/2010
Admiral Michael Mullen Speaks at UCLA Burkle Center Event with Renee Montagne
President's principal military advisor discusses politics, strategy and warfare, reports the Daily Bruin student newspaper.
Posted: 11/12/2010
Preserving the Two-State Solution
A lecture by Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization Representative to the U.S.
Posted: 11/12/2010
Graduate Fellowship, Scholars Honor Memory of Hans H. Baerwald
As the Center inaugurates the Hans H. Baerwald Graduate Fellowship in Japanese Studies, a veteran journalist and former UCLA Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan relations delivers a keynote on tensions in the alliance between the countries.
Posted: 11/10/2010
Reform of Islamic Codes Comes from Within
Intisar Rabb of Boston College says that the international human rights movement won't be the force that moderates harsh judicial sentences under Sharia law.
Posted: 10/26/2010
Israel and Apartheid: The Jewish State
A lecture by Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Senior Editor, Foreign Affairs
Posted: 10/25/2010
From Argentina, Chile and Iran, They Lived to Tell and Teach
Three survivors of state torture – an Argentine architect and activist, a Chilean artist, and an Iranian journalist and author – tell their stories on campus this month. In an installation on display Oct. 25-27 in Broad Art Center, Victor Videla Godoy will recreate his prison cell, this time lined with his remarkable, rediscovered correspondence with his mother.
Posted: 10/21/2010
Israel, Iran, and the United States
A talk David Menashri is the incumbent of the Parviz and Pouran Nazarian Chair for Modern Iranian Studies, Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University.
Posted: 10/19/2010
Partisan Financial Cycles: Politics, Policies, and Financial Crashes
A talk by Lawrence Broz, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. This event was co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Political Science and part of the department's Comparative Pro-Seminar.
Posted: 10/19/2010
The Fabric of Life
More than 50 years after they graduated, UCLA Fulbright coordinator Ann Kerr-Adams has interviewed six of her American University of Beirut classmates to discover the lives they have built in the Middle East.
Posted: 10/14/2010
Codicological Notes on the Newly Discovered Manuscript of the Shahnameh in the Bibliotheque Orientale of Saint-Joseph University, Beirut (Ms. NC.43)
A paper by Iraj Afshar, Tehran University (read by Mahmoud Omidsalar, California State University Los Angeles). Part of the conference The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic.
Posted: 10/6/2010
A Brief Report on Another Edition of the Shahnameh (in Persian)
A paper by Jalal Khaleghi-Motlagh, University of Hamburg (presented by Dr. Pirnazar). Part of the conference The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic.
Posted: 10/5/2010
Host of Gulf TV Forum Foresees More Room for Debate in Arab World
In a panel discussion with UCLA faculty members, Tim Sebastian, founder of "The Doha Debates," says that Arab governments will lose control over what is said and written in their countries within a generation.
Posted: 10/1/2010
The Diplomat and the General: No Easy Answers on Ending War Crimes
The thorny topic of the crime of aggression, to come under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, made for lively discussion Sept. 27 between David Scheffer, the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes, and Gen. Wesley K. Clark, the retired general and Burkle Center senior fellow.
Posted: 10/1/2010
Campus Welcomes Whirlwind Visits by Heads of State
The presidents of Chile, Croatia and the Dominican Republic descended on UCLA with their entourages over a five-day span Sept. 24-28. The dignitaries held meetings with Chancellor Gene Block and university, state and city officials and forged international partnerships in education, research, environmental issues and other areas.
Posted: 9/30/2010
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