News
Is Freedom of Speech Possible in the Arab World?
On Tuesday, September 28, UCLA's Center for Middle East Development (CMED) hosted a panel discussion on "Is Freedom of Speech Possible in the Arab World?" with Tim Sebastian, Dr. Asli Bali and Professor David Kaye.
Posted: 9/30/2010
Is Aggressive War a Crime? The International Criminal Court and the Future of International Justice
A discussion between the first US Ambassador-at-Large for Crimes, Amb. Scheffer and Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.)
Posted: 9/27/2010
Chilean President Piñera, Gov. Schwarzenegger Visit Campus
The leaders witnessed the signing of memorandums of understanding between universities in California, including UCLA, and Chile.
Posted: 9/25/2010
International Migration Scholar Waldinger Joins Institute Leadership
As interim associate vice provost, Sociology Professor Roger Waldinger will oversee changes in the International Institute's degree programs, lead a faculty search, and work with center directors on Institute-wide projects. Professor Waldinger also coordinates the interdisciplinary UCLA Migration Study Group.
Posted: 9/22/2010
Lost Boy of Sudan Seeks To Heal His Homeland
Sudan's civil war killed more than 2 million people and, in a well-known episode, sent 20,000 boys in the country's South on a 1,000-mile march to Ethiopia and Kenya. Beset by thirst, hunger, wild animals and bombing attacks, fewer than half of them survived. John Dau, one of about 4,000 so-called Lost Boys of Sudan who were helped to relocate to the United States, told his story at the law school.
Posted: 9/20/2010
Local Efforts Key to Nuclear Disarmament
Commemorating the atomic bombings on Japan in 1945 and joining in the call for a world without nuclear weapons were, on Wednesday in Haines Hall, a local grandmother who survived the Hiroshima attack, a Japanese-born artist, a UCLA anthropologist and, by Internet link, local officials from Hiroshima and Manchester, UK, who lead international anti-nuclear organizations.
Posted: 8/6/2010
2 in East Asian Studies Win Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships
Grace Yoo and Wendy Zheng will finish interdisciplinary UCLA bachelor's and master's degrees under the fellowships, which provide additional support for graduate school and domestic and overseas internships with the State Department.
Posted: 7/12/2010
Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart on NPR: Once a Critic, Obama now Embraces Commissions
Burkle Center Fellow Prof. Amy Zegart comments on the effectiveness of Presidential Commissions, their political value to Congress and to erstwhile critic President Obama and how rarely their recommendations impact policy.
Posted: 7/12/2010
His Goal: $100 for Every Child Born in the World
Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry has an idea that could change the world. The bank accounts he proposes would provide an incentive to register births and a way to save money for children. In the wake of a natural disaster or emergency, governments and charitable and relief organizations could transfer money electronically to those in need in the most efficient way possible.
Posted: 7/1/2010
Richard Turco on the Nuttiness of Climate Engineering
Research by the UCLA atmospheric chemist considers whether tinkering with the stratosphere to slow down global warming is feasible, let alone advisable.
Posted: 6/29/2010
Closing Remarks at China and the World Conference by Yan Yunxiang and Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.)
Yan Yunxiang is co-director of the Center for Chinese Studies and Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) is a senior fellow with the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations.
Posted: 6/25/2010
A Conversation with John Podesta on China
Keynote: John Podesta, Center for American Progress, interviewed by Terry McCarthy, CBS News
Posted: 6/24/2010
China's Role in Regional and Global Security Challenges
Podcast of the first panel at the China in the World 2010 conference.
Posted: 6/24/2010
Counter-Narcotics Policy in Afghanistan May Benefit Insurgents, Analysis Finds
Drug-economy experts to discuss findings in Washington, D.C., July 6.
Posted: 6/24/2010
What Could End Cooperation with China?
Opening Remarks: Stephen Krasner, Stanford University
Posted: 6/24/2010
China and The World Panel 1: China's Role in Regional and Global Security Challenges
The May 24 conference at the James West Alumni Center focused on China's engagement on key international issues. It was sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress and, from UCLA, the Burkle Center for International Relations, the Center for Chinese Studies and the International Institute.
Posted: 6/23/2010
China and The World Panel 2: China's Role in Global Economic and Climate Polic
The May 24 conference at the James West Alumni Center focused on China's engagement on key international issues. It was sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress and, from UCLA, the Burkle Center for International Relations, the Center for Chinese Studies and the International Institute.
Posted: 6/23/2010
China and The World Panel 3: What Can the US Do to Shape China
The May 24 conference at the James West Alumni Center focused on China's engagement on key international issues. It was sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress and, from UCLA, the Burkle Center for International Relations, the Center for Chinese Studies and the International Institute.
Posted: 6/23/2010
Closing Remarks at China and the World Conference by Yan Yunxiang and Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.)
Yan Yunxiang is co-director of the Center for Chinese Studies and Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) is a senior fellow with the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations.
Posted: 6/23/2010
Questions on China for John Podesta
In keynote remarks delivered at a May conference at UCLA on relations between China and the rest of the world, former White House Chief of Staff and Center for American Progress CEO John Podesta reflects on China's foreign relations with regard to environmental and other issues.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Stephen Krasner: What Could End Cooperation with China?
The history of power transitions and conventional theories of international relations don't tell us much about the systemic effects of China's rise. Too much has changed, explains Stephen Krasner of Stanford University. Krasner gave opening remarks at a May conference at UCLA on relations between China and the rest of the world.
Posted: 6/16/2010
The New Grand Bourgeoisie under Post-Communism: Central Europe, Russia, and China Compared
A public lecture by Ivan Szelenyi, Yale University, Sociology.
Posted: 6/3/2010
UCLA Conference in Doha Opens with Address by Qatari Emir
At the 5th annual conference on "Enriching the Middle East's Economic Future," held in conjunction with the Doha Forum, distinguished participants search for practical solutions to regional issues. The three-day event has been organized by the UCLA Center for Middle East Development.
Posted: 6/1/2010
Scholars Debate: Is China Becoming a Responsible World Leader?
The fundamental question of whether China is on the path to becoming a responsible stakeholder in world affairs or acting as a revisionist superpower was put to a prestigious group of China scholars from universities and think tanks across the country. Watch video of the keynote address by John Podesta, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress.
Posted: 5/27/2010
Taking Risks to Teach Lessons
The Daily Bruin student newspaper reports on one students long journey to bring a school to ethnic Karen refugees in Burma.
Posted: 5/27/2010
Page: First Prev 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next Last
12 of 34 pages. Total Records: 845. Displaying 25 records per page.
