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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.

Winter Quarter: 1/1/2012 - 3/19/2012

American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Please join us for a talk by Prof. Barry Sanders from the UCLA Dept. of Communication Studies, about his new book, American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination.

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The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West, a talk by Mitchell Silber, NYPD's Intelligence Division

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall, room 4357
Please join us for a talk by Mitchell Silber from the New York City Police Department Intelligence Division about his new book, The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West. This talk is co-sponsored by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

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The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics, a talk by Kathryn Sikkink, University of Minnesota

Thursday, January 19, 2012
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1457
Please join us for a talk by Prof. Kathryn Sikkink from the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, about her new book, The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics. This lecture is co-sponsored by the UCLA International Human Rights Law Program.

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The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, a talk by Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Please join us for a talk by Steven Cook from the Council on Foreign Relations about his new book, The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square. This talk is co-sponsored by the Burkle Center for International Relations, the Center for Near Eastern Studies & the Center for Middle East Development.

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Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker

Monday, January 30, 2012
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Korn Convocation Hall, UCLA Anderson School of Management
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the Daniel Pearl Foundation and the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA proudly present the 2012 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featuring David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker.

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All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals, a talk by Amb. David Scheffer

Wednesday, February 15, 2012
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1420
Please join us for a talk by Amb. David Scheffer, the first US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes, about his new book, All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals (Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity). This talk is co-sponsored by the UCLA International Human Rights Law Program.

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Nixon in China: A Legacy Revisited - FULL CONFERENCE MULTIMEDIA COVERAGE NOW AVAILABLE!!

Thursday, February 23, 2012
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
UCLA James West Alumni Center
A conference commemorating the 40th anniversary of President Nixon’s historic visit to Beijing and Shanghai and his meetings with Chairman Mao

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Senator George Mitchell in Conversation with NPR's Renee Montagne - Turmoil in the Middle East: Its Effect on U.S. Foreign Policy

Thursday, March 01, 2012
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
UCLA Schoenberg Hall
Join us for the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Senator George Mitchell, in conversation with National Public Radio's Renee Montagne.

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