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Patterns of Authoritarianism and Resistance in Iran
A panel discussion with Mehdi Khalaji, Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Majid Mohammadi, Writer, moderated by Nayereh Tohidi
Posted: 1/11/2011
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
Graduate Student Profile: Murat Yildiz
A video interview with Murat Yildiz, PhD candidate in History
Posted: 12/17/2010
Salma, in Jordan
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: 12/9/2010
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
Shari'ah Watch: A View from the Inside
Lecture by Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl, UCLA School of Law
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
Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in conversation with Renee Montagne, NPR
Admiral Mike Mullen delivered the 2010-11 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace on November 10, 2010.
Posted: 11/18/2010
Right to Education: Obstacles to Academic Freedom in Occupied Palestine
A lecture by Randa Siniora, Executive Director, Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights
Posted: 11/16/2010
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 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
Taxonomies, Minorities, and Boundaries: The League of Nations and the Interwar Middle East
A lecture by Sarah Shields, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Posted: 11/12/2010
Admiral Mike Mullen, in conversation with Renee Montagne
Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in conversation with Renee Montagne, Co-Host of NPR's Morning Edition, for the 2010-11 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace.
Posted: 11/11/2010
From Early Judeo-Iranian Jargons to Central Asiatic Argots of Rom Groups: Evidence for an Influential Jewish Underworld in the Late Abbasid Period
A lecture by Martin Schwartz, University of California, Berkeley
Posted: 11/2/2010
Pakistan Takes a Turn at Global Literature
The London-based literary magazine Granta has dedicated an issue to the writing and art of Pakistan. At a recent campus event, Granta editor John Freeman and CISA faculty members agree that this is no isolated event.
Posted: 11/2/2010
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
Letters to My Torturer
A lecture by Houshang Asadi, Journalist and Writer, Rooz Online
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
Qatar Building Partnerships for Security, Sustainability of Food Supply
At an Oct. 4 luncheon hosted by California Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss and Chancellor Gene Block, the leaders of the Qatar National Food Security Programme explain their vision for a sustainable food supply to potential partners in academia and industry.
Posted: 10/8/2010
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