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The Burkle Center hosts a variety of events that serve to increase public awareness about critical issues in international relations and to create a hub for intellectual dialogue and debate.

Fall Quarter: 9/15/2011 - 12/31/2011

Winning the War on War, a talk by Joshua S. Goldstein, American University

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Please join us for a talk by Prof. Joshua S. Goldstein from the School of International Service at American University, about his new book, Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide.

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The Urgent vs. The Important: US Policy in the Middle East and in East Asia, a talk by Christopher R. Hill, former Ambassador to Iraq

Thursday, October 13, 2011
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
1420 Law School
Please join us for a talk by Amb. Christopher R. Hill, Dean of the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.

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The Behavioral Psychology of Elite Decision Making: Implications for Political Cooperation, a talk by Emilie Hafner-Burton & David Victor

Tuesday, November 01, 2011
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Please join us for a talk by Emilie Hafner-Burton and David Victor, professors at the UC San Diego School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and co-Directors of the School’s new Laboratory on International Law and Regulation.

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Panel discussion with Nobel Laureate Jody Williams: Rape - A Crime Against Humanity & a War Crime: Accountability & the International Criminal Court

Wednesday, November 16, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
1357 Law School
Please join us for a discussion regarding the use of rape as a war crime with Nobel Laureate Jody Williams; Ana Deutsch, Program for Torture Victims; and Shirin Ershadi, International Criminal Court Alliance. This panel will be moderated by Prof. Lara Stemple from the UCLA School of Law.

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General James Mattis, Commander of US CENTCOM, in Conversation with Mike Shuster, NPR

Friday, November 18, 2011
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Korn Convocation Hall, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Please join us for a conversation with GENERAL JAMES MATTIS, Commander of U.S. Central Command and successor to General David Petraeus as top commander of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Mike Shuster, award-winning foreign correspondent, National Public Radio.

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