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Conference to Examine Future of Nuclear Weapons
Former Secretary of Defense William Perry is scheduled to give the keynote address this afternoon, with Wednesday featuring panels and breakout sessions on more specific subjects.
Posted: 3/6/2007
Israeli Diplomat Analyzes Mideast
The lecture by the newly appointed Israeli ambassador to Great Britain, Ron Prosor, was sponsored by the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations, the Israel Studies Program, Stand with Us, and the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles.
Posted: 3/1/2007
Guest Professor Speaks on Israel, Middle East
Monday's talk by Shlomo Aronson, a political science professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and Israel Studies Program.
Posted: 2/27/2007
Professor Discusses Israeli Politics
Yoram Peri, a professor of political sociology and communication at Tel Aviv University, offered his analysis of Israeli politics during a lecture Tuesday afternoon.
Posted: 2/14/2007
Professor to Examine Military's Role in Israeli Politics
As part of an ongoing lecture series on Israeli studies, Yoram Peri, a professor of political sociology and communication at Tel Aviv University, is scheduled to speak today at 4:00.
Posted: 2/13/2007
Clark: US Failure in Iraq Rooted in Lack of Legitimacy
No amount of military intervention in Iraq can work without equal emphasis on robust diplomacy and political initiatives in the strife-torn nation, Clark said in a Jan. 22 lecture on the eve of Bush's national address.
Posted: 2/7/2007
Legality, Legitimacy and the Iraq War
Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Burkle Center Senior Fellow.
Posted: 2/7/2007
Group Combats for Peace
The Thursday night discussion was part of a month-long tour sparked by the killing of the 10-year-old daughter of Bassam Aramin, one of the founders of Combatants for Peace.
Posted: 2/2/2007
Clark: Iraq War Legal, Not Legitimate
Retired General Wesley K. Clark, a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, explains to a packed Law School auditorium that the United States has "squandered its mantle of legitimacy in this conflict."
Posted: 1/23/2007
What Should America's Strategy Be in the Middle East?
A look at the policies of 11 U.S. presidents since the creation of the new Middle East in 1948 provides useful clues to a sound and viable strategy in the region, writes UCLA political scientist Steven Spiegel.
Posted: 12/13/2006
Nuclear War Can't Be 'Regional'
Any nuclear conflict would devastate cities and threaten global population through climate change, researchers say.
Posted: 12/11/2006
Middle East Series Goes On
Cal State Stanislaus professor speaks on current condition of Lebanese politics
Posted: 11/29/2006
Sondhi's 'New Time' Journalism
In an on-camera interview with AsiaMedia, media mogul and anti-Thaksin activist Sondhi Limthongkul said corruption in Thailand has forced his news reporting into a journalism-activism hybrid.
Posted: 11/22/2006
Journalist Discusses Recent Thai Coup
Sondhi Limthongkul speaks on campus about what led to the government’s overthrow by the military. The talk was sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Posted: 11/21/2006
Lecture Series to Explore Darfur
Professor Edward Alpers will discuss the roots of the crisis in Sudan, which has lasted more than three years.
Posted: 11/14/2006
Talk Analyzes Effects of Arab Nationalism
This lecture was part of the Center for Near Eastern Studies' fall lecture series called "The New Middle East: Five Years After 9/11," which aims to explore the recent issues with multiple professional points of view. The next public lecture is scheduled for Nov. 16 at 2:30 p.m. in Bunche 10383.
Posted: 11/14/2006
50 Years Later: a Look at Hungary’s Failed Revolt
Center for European and Eurasian Studies hosts visiting professor to share unconventional analysis of historic event.
Posted: 11/13/2006
Dershowitz to Discuss Israel at UCLA
Student groups host controversial speaker, who has repeatedly defended the country’s military actions. [The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and the School of Law are co-sponsoring the event with two student groups.]
Posted: 11/8/2006
Experts Assess Iraq's Horrific Toll
Health-care professionals intimately familiar with the war's effects on bodies and minds shared their perspectives at a conference sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, UCLA Extension, and the School of Public Health.
Posted: 11/8/2006
Panel Explores North Korea’s Future
Discussion attempts to add depth to public perceptions following country’s nuclear test
Posted: 11/3/2006
Former Israeli Soldier Gives Talk on Conflict
Avraham Sela, a political science professor who served in the Israeli Military Intelligence for 16 years, said the way to stabilize the region is to turn Hezbollah into a political party and keep it from becoming an autonomous military power in Southern Lebanon.
Posted: 10/27/2006
CNES Launches Podcasts on Post-9/11 Middle East
A Fall 2006 lecture series goes live. The first speaker, Rutgers political scientist Eric Davis, charts a path towards democracy in Iraq.
Posted: 10/26/2006
Lebanon's War With Cluster Bombs
The 40% of Israeli-dropped 'bomblets' that didn't explode during this summer's war continue to kill Lebanon's most vulnerable, writes Professor Saree Makdisi in the Los Angeles Times.
Posted: 10/25/2006
Bright Lights, Hard Lives
The people of Nigeria's southern delta region benefit little from oil wealth. UCLA panel discussions focus on the causes of their distress.
Posted: 10/11/2006
In UCLA Debut, Wesley Clark Critiques US Torture Policy
The former supreme allied commander of NATO, now a Burkle Center senior fellow, and UCLA law professors discuss provisions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Clark disputes need for "rough treatment" of detainees on practical, moral, and geo-strategic grounds.
Posted: 10/3/2006
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