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Remembering Jimmy Carter at UCLA

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Kal Raustiala Wins an Arthur Ross Silver Medal Book Award

Director of the UCLA Burkle Center, Kal Raustiala, receives the Council on Foreign Relations award......


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Israel's airstrikes and incursion against Hezbollah show limits in Biden's ability to influence Netanyahu, foreign policy experts say

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Israel begins ‘targeted' ground operation in Lebanon

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Where Will Israel's Multifront War End?

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Facing a Big Test, Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' Flails

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Fighting Escalates as Israel and Hezbollah Trade More Fire

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The Missteps in Washington and Tehran That Brought Middle East to the Brink

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Why Israel Escalates: Risky Assassinations Are a Desperate Bid to Restore Deterrence

Senior Burkle Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye's recent article with Foreign Affairs Magazine....


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UCLA commencement goes on amid campus tensions over protests, violence and policing

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Is an Anti-Iran Alliance Emerging in the Middle East?

The Limits of Cooperation Between Israel and the Arab States by Dalia Dassa Kaye, Senior......


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Israel and Iran Back Away From the Edge—and Into Dangerous Territory

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Tokyo Trial: A window onto the forces that shaped post-World War II Asia

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Israel Unleashed?

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Israel Escalates Shadow War Against Iran

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