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Urban Planning Student Lets Egyptians' Voices Be Heard
John Scott-Railton, who has done research and studied in Egypt, decided to begin relaying reports from Egyptians via Twitter and Youtube when the government shut down Internet and cell phone service last Thursday.
Posted: 1/31/2011
WikiLeaks Part III - What are the Legal Implications of WikiLeaks?
The final installment in our WikiLeaks mini-series, this is a discussion about the legal implications of WikiLeaks with Norman Abrams, Acting Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Law Emeritus; Prof. David Kaye, Executive Director of the Law School’s International Human Rights Program; and with law professors Jon Michaels and Eugene Volokh.
Posted: 1/28/2011
WikiLeaks Part II - Will WikiLeaks Transform American Diplomacy?
The second installment of our WikiLeaks mini-series, this is a discussion of the diplomatic cables release with Prof. Geoffrey Cowan, Dean Emeritus of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Ambassador Derek Shearer, Occidental College.
Posted: 1/27/2011
Peace Corps Leaders, Veterans to Celebrate 50 Years of Service
From 1961 until 1969, when training shifted overseas, more than one out of 10 Peace Corps volunteers was trained at UCLA, probably more than at any other college campus. UCLA is also alma mater to more than 1,700 Peace Corps volunteers, including 58 Bruins currently serving in 36 countries. A series of campus events March 2-5 will commemorate this tradition and look ahead to the next 50 years.
Posted: 1/21/2011
10 Questions for Kantathi Suphamongkhon on His Diplomatic Career and Lessons Learned from Nixon
Kantathi Suphamongkhon, senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations and visiting professor of law and diplomacy at UCLA, served as Thailand’s equivalent to U.S. secretary of state from March 11, 2005 to Sept. 19, 2006. He was the 39th minister of foreign affairs for Thailand until a military coup d’état forced him out of office. The Thai national, who graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in political science in 1976, has taught here since 2007.
Posted: 1/19/2011
Patterns of Authoritarianism and Resistance in Iran
A panel discussion with Mehdi Khalaji, Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Majid Mohammadi, Writer, moderated by Nayereh Tohidi
Posted: 1/11/2011
Indonesian Ambassador Meets With Campus Leaders
Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal, Jakarta's top envoy to the United States, met with UCLA officials last week on campus and at the Indonesian Consulate to discuss educational collaboration and exchange between the two countries.
Posted: 1/6/2011
Massive Leak of Diplomatic Cables Not a National Disaster, Experts Say
But if the U.S. government returns to old ways of hoarding secrets, it could inflict more damage on itself than the WikiLeaks disclosures have, according to Burkle Center Fellow Amy Zegart. She joined a panel discussion with UCLA's Robert Trager and Dalia Dassa Kaye of the RAND Corporation, with Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala as moderator.
Posted: 1/5/2011
Visitors Bureau Hosted 575 People from 91 Nations in 2010
Housed in the UCLA International Institute since 2002, the International Visitors Bureau matches foreign visitors with professionals and experts in all fields. This year the bureau, managed by Program Officer Gohar Grigorian with the aid of one part-time student worker and a network of contacts, observed a sharp rise in the number of visitors from China.
Posted: 12/15/2010
Israel's Deputy PM Assesses Mideast Security Challenges
Dan Meridor serves as deputy prime minister and minister of intelligence and atomic energy. On Nov. 29 at the law school, he warned of rising Iranian influence in the region, voiced his support for a two-state solution with the Palestinians, and raised questions about the future of armed conflict and international law.
Posted: 11/30/2010
Law and Politics in the Middle East Peace Process
The Honorable Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy
Posted: 11/29/2010
Law and Politics in the Middle East Peace Process
The Honorable Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy
Posted: 11/29/2010
Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
Michael D. Intriligator is a professor of economics, political science and public policy at UCLA. Nake M. Kamrany is a senior lecturer of economics and director of the Program in Law and Economics, Department of Economics, at the University of Southern California. This piece, which originally ran in the Huffington Post on Nov. 23, is a synopsis of the authors' presentation to the Global Security Seminar at UCLA.
Posted: 11/24/2010
Why Limited Force Rarely Works
A talk by Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention in the Center for Preventive Action (CPA), Council on Foreign Relations
Posted: 11/24/2010
The Economic Crisis and You
A Regents' Lecture by Skip Victor, Senior Managing Director of Duff & Phelps Corp. This event was co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Political Science.
Posted: 11/17/2010
Two-State Solution Remains Best Option for Realists and Doves, Says PLO Ambassador
Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, who leads the Palestine Liberation Organization's diplomatic mission to the United States, told a UCLA audience that the PLO is firmly committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state within the framework of negotiations with Israel, while acknowledging that the negotiations may fail.
Posted: 11/15/2010
Preserving the Two-State Solution
A lecture by Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization Representative to the U.S.
Posted: 11/13/2010
Admiral Michael Mullen Speaks at UCLA about Terrorism, Repeal of 'Don't Ask' Policy
Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chair of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, engaged in a wide-ranging conversation with journalist Renee Montagne for the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on Conditions of Peace, an annual event sponsored by the Burkle Center.
Posted: 11/12/2010
Admiral Michael Mullen Speaks at UCLA Burkle Center Event with Renee Montagne
President's principal military advisor discusses politics, strategy and warfare, reports the Daily Bruin student newspaper.
Posted: 11/12/2010
Preserving the Two-State Solution
A lecture by Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization Representative to the U.S.
Posted: 11/12/2010
Graduate Fellowship, Scholars Honor Memory of Hans H. Baerwald
As the Center inaugurates the Hans H. Baerwald Graduate Fellowship in Japanese Studies, a veteran journalist and former UCLA Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan relations delivers a keynote on tensions in the alliance between the countries.
Posted: 11/10/2010
Reform of Islamic Codes Comes from Within
Intisar Rabb of Boston College says that the international human rights movement won't be the force that moderates harsh judicial sentences under Sharia law.
Posted: 10/26/2010
Israel and Apartheid: The Jewish State
A lecture by Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Senior Editor, Foreign Affairs
Posted: 10/25/2010
From Argentina, Chile and Iran, They Lived to Tell and Teach
Three survivors of state torture – an Argentine architect and activist, a Chilean artist, and an Iranian journalist and author – tell their stories on campus this month. In an installation on display Oct. 25-27 in Broad Art Center, Victor Videla Godoy will recreate his prison cell, this time lined with his remarkable, rediscovered correspondence with his mother.
Posted: 10/21/2010
Israel, Iran, and the United States
A talk David Menashri is the incumbent of the Parviz and Pouran Nazarian Chair for Modern Iranian Studies, Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University.
Posted: 10/19/2010
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