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The Boundaries of the Bill of Rights
Only outdated notions of national sovereignty, and not the U.S. Constitution, prevent basic protections from applying beyond U.S. borders, argues law and global studies professor Kal Raustiala.
Posted: 12/23/2005
The Rest of Africa, Televised
Plays, movies, soaps, news shows created by Africans can counter the stream of bad news about the continent, Africa Channel executives tell UCLA audience.
Posted: 12/12/2005
Middle Eastern Americana Archive Unveiled
Near East Center assistant director showcases collection of popular culture, artifacts, and memorabilia.
Posted: 12/6/2005
The People Who Cover Up Genocide
UCLA panel looks at people and governments who deny or explain away the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the killing of Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994, and the ongoing massacres in the Darfur provinces of Sudan.
Posted: 3/3/2005
Ballots and Bullets: Will Strains of War and Public Division Spell Violence in the Coming Election?
Terrorism authority David Rapoport tells Los Angeles Times readers that it has happened before.
Posted: 10/15/2004
Government Attacks on Area Specialists Called Disservice to U.S. Middle East Policy
Rashid Khalidi sees perils for the U.S. in empire building while ignoring its own professional Middle East experts and the history of the region.
Posted: 6/29/2004
Lawrence Lessig Sees Public Domain Sinking in a Sea of Overregulation
Stanford law professor says digital age should usher in creative use of digital materials, not prosecution of 12 year olds for downloading music.
Posted: 5/3/2004
Peter Singer at UCLA Critiques President Bush's Ethics
The well-known ethicist and author of the best-selling book "The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush" accuses the president of being more willing to kill Iraqi civilians than warehoused embryos.
Posted: 3/16/2004
National Public Radio Interviews UCLA Scholar on President Bush's Meeting with China's Premier
Richard Baum tells NPR's Day to Day show that trade and Taiwan head U.S. agenda with China, as China emerges as Asia's central power.
Posted: 12/12/2003
Storm Clouds over a New American Century?
International Institute Vice Provost comments in the South China Morning Post on America's current place in the world.
Posted: 10/2/2003
The United States Is Marginalizing Itself in Northeast Asia
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for China Susan Shirk warns that growing nationalism in South Korea and Japan will exacerbate the Bush administration's inept diplomacy in the North Korean nuclear crisis. She examines possible multilateral options for the region.
Posted: 5/16/2003
One year after 9/11: What Has Really Changed?
The globalization-as-Americanization nexus seems all the tighter now, with people the world over increasingly likely to blame the United States for all their discontents.
Posted: 11/15/2002
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