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• Hans Blix Urges Action Before Window Closes on Nuclear Disarmament
  In a Burkle Forum at UCLA, the diplomat and arms control expert best known for his United Nations mission to uncover the truth about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, a mission cut short by the U.S.-UK invasion, considers the perils of "cold peace" after the Cold War. Listen to a podcast of his talk.Posted: 4/3/2008
• 6th Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
  Podcast of New York Times columnist David Brooks' lecture at the Sixth Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Korn Convocation Hall on "Journalism and World Culture."Posted: 2/27/2008
• Climate Change and U.S. Foreign Policy: "Life After the Kyoto Protocol"
  Podcast of Burkle Talk featuring Law Professor David Victor from Stanford University who discussed his upcoming book, "Life After the Kyoto Protocol"Posted: 2/1/2008
• Blackwater: What Does Private Security in Iraq Mean for US Democracy at Home?
  Podcast of Burkle Talk featuring Professor Deborah Avant from UC Irvine who discussed her paper, "What Does Private Security in Iraq Mean for US Democracy at Home?" Posted: 1/31/2008
• Journalism and Asia: Reflections from Burkle Board Member Professor Tom Plate
  Syndicated Asia columnist Tom Plate and former United Press International and Dow Jones reporter James F. Paradise discuss coverage of Asia in the media. Listen to a podcast of the discussion, courtesy of the UCLA Asia Institute.Posted: 12/20/2007
• Michael L. Ross: Rein in Oil Bullies, Burma
  In this video op-ed, Michael L. Ross, a UCLA political scientist and acting director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, explains the dynamics that allow oil-exporting nations, particularly Myanmar (Burma), to win influence and political cover for human rights abuses.Posted: 12/11/2007
• "Living with Russia" by former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
  In this podcast former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Jack Matlock, gives a special lecture in recognition of two hundred years of US-Russian diplomatic relations.Posted: 12/10/2007
• Post-Screening Discussion of the film, Darfur Now
  Stephen Rapp, former chief prosecutor for the United Nations-International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, UCLA History Chair Edward Alpers, UCLA graduate and activist Adam Sterling, and director Ted Braun discuss genocide and the film "Darfur Now" following a screening.Posted: 10/31/2007
• Gen. Wesley K. Clark Discusses His Latest Book, A Time to Lead, for Duty, Honor and Country - Part I
  In this podcast, Burkle Center Senior Fellow Gen. Wesley K. Clark addresses UCLA students in a discussion of his latest book, A Time to Lead, for Duty, Honor and Country. He comments on his life and career, the U.S., foreign policy, and the war in Iraq.Posted: 10/15/2007
• Gen. Wesley K. Clark Discusses His Latest Book, A Time to Lead, for Duty, Honor and Country - Part II
  A follow-up to Burkle Center Senior Fellow Gen. Wesley K. Clark's discussion of his latest book, A Time to Lead, for Duty, Honor and Country, this podcast features Gen. Clark's responses to a to a variety of questions and comments from UCLA students and affiliates.Posted: 10/14/2007
• Phillip Carter: Refocus on Political Solution for Iraq
  In this podcast, UCLA law graduate and Iraq war veteran Phillip Carter says that tactical victories for the U.S. military in Baghdad will be of little consolation when troop levels fall again in April 2008. He discusses the corruption and sectarianism that plagued Iraqi security forces during his time in Diyala Province.Posted: 10/4/2007
• Larry Korb and Phillip Carter: Burkle Talk about the Petraus Report
  Podcast of Burkle Talk featuring Larry Korb, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Phillip Carter, Iraq War Veteran, who discuss the Petraeus Report.Posted: 9/27/2007
• Careers in International Law and Diplomacy
  Discussion of how to pursue a career at the U.S. Department of State in both the Foreign Service and the Office of the Legal Advisor by Peter Kovach and Anna Spain.Posted: 9/19/2007
• Amy Zegart: US Spy Agencies Have Long Way to Go
  In this op-ed, Amy Zegart of the UCLA School of Public Affairs calls for "top-down policy changes" and "bottom-up cultural transformation" in U.S. intelligence gathering and analysis. Posted: 8/22/2007
• Your Focus Is the World
  UCLA Burkle Center Senior Fellow and retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark delivers the International Institute commencement address, exhorting graduates to apply their learning about the world and to make their voices heard. Listen to a podcast of the speech.Posted: 8/6/2007
• Ann Carlson: US Ruling May Let States Fight Global Warming
  In this op-ed, UCLA Professor of Law Ann Carlson, director of UCLA's Environmental Law Center, explains how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA is likely to affect California's efforts to regulate some important causes of global climate change.Posted: 5/22/2007
• Wesley K. Clark: Abandoning Values Only Brings Defeat
  Renewal of respect for international law, open justice, human dignity, and the Bill of Rights is the key to victory in the struggle against terrorists, explains former NATO commander and UCLA Burkle Center Senior Fellow Wesley K. Clark in this podcast op-ed. Torturing enemies is not merely wrong, he says, but "represents a path for defeat for the United States."Posted: 5/22/2007
• Challenges for the Next Administration
  Audio podcast from the closing plenary panel of the conference, Nuclear Weapons in a New Century: Facing the Emerging Challenges.Posted: 3/14/2007
• Is Proliferation Inevitable? And Do We Need a New Regime to Manage it?
  Audio podcast from the opening plenary panel of the conference, Nuclear Weapons in a New Century: Facing the Emerging Challenges.Posted: 3/14/2007
• Wesley K. Clark on Legality, Legitimacy of Iraq War
  Gen. Wesley K. Clark's Jan. 22, 2007, talk is now available as a podcast. Clark is a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations.Posted: 2/7/2007