UCLA Burkle Center

Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala Publishes New Book: Does the Constitution Follow the Flag?
Kal Raustiala examines territoriality in American law and foreign policy. In the course of his timely and engaging narrative he changes the reader's perceptions of American territory, American law, and the evolving nature of American power.
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How Obama Should Address Islamists and Jihadists
Bestselling author, columnist, and UC Riverside faculty member Reza Aslan has advice for the Obama administration on defeating transnational Muslim utopian radicals, or jihadists. Start, he says, by getting used to the idea of Islamists in politics.
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Cooper Honors Daniel Pearl
Though he never met Pearl, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper said, he keeps a picture of him and another fallen journalist on his bulletin board at work as a source of inspiration. The Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture is cosponsored by the Burkle Center.
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Burkle Center Post-Conference Coverage
Click here for articles, videos, photos, and audio podcasts from the Burkle Center's 2009 Annual Conference, "The Future of the Responsibility to Protect." Featuring Keynote Speaker Gareth Evans, former Foreign Minister of Australia and President/CEO of International Crisis Group, Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) and other experts from around the country, this conference assessed the prospects and pitfalls of R2P, and of humanitarian intervention more generally.
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