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Don't Revalue the Yuan Yet
Without measures to stimulate consumption in China, such a move won't help, writes Calla Wiemer, who is a visiting scholar at UCLA's Center for Chinese Studies and a visiting associate professor of economics at Claremont McKenna College.
Posted: 1/8/2010
Fatna El Bouih: Talk of Darkness, Human Rights in Morocco
A public reading and lecture at UCLA, March 10, 2009.
Posted: 1/5/2010
Ottoman Legacies Then and Now
Podcast of a lecture by Donald Quataert, State University of New York on October 8, 2009.
Posted: 12/10/2009
The Invention of the Jewish People
A lecture by Shlomo Sand, Tel Aviv University on October 12, 2009.
Posted: 12/9/2009
The Obama Administration and the United Nations
Deputy Permanent US Representative to the UN, Ambassador Alejandro Wolff
Posted: 12/9/2009
Career Diplomat and Alumnus Explains Obama's UN Approach
Deputy Permanent U.S. Representative to the U.N. Alejandro Wolff addressed a packed conference room in Bunche Hall on "The Obama Administration's New Approach to the United Nations," in a lecture sponsored by the Burkle Center.
Posted: 12/8/2009
Establishing Formal Rules such as Property Rights is a Promising Road to Sustainable Economic Growth and Peace
Elena Panaritis, author of Prosperity Unbound: Building Property Markets with Trust (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), speaks at UCLA.
Posted: 12/2/2009
Transforming Americas Israel Lobby by Dan Fleshler
Book talk with Dan Fleshler, author of "Transforming Americas Israel Lobby: the Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change."
Posted: 12/2/2009
Haleh Esfandiari: My Prison, My Home
Dr. Esfandiari speaks about her book "My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran."
Posted: 12/1/2009
UCLA Athlete, World Affairs Enthusiast Receives Marshall Scholarship
Matthew Clawson, a political science and economics major with a minor in public affairs, plans to use the award to complete a master's degree in international relations at Oxford University.
Posted: 12/1/2009
Haleh Esfandiari: My Prison, My Home
Dr. Haleh Esfandiari speaks about her book "My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran." Monday, October 26, 2009 at Kerckhoff Grand Salon, UCLA.
Posted: 11/30/2009
Many Modernities Ahead
China's rise as a global power will change world politics and culture, not just the economy, argues Martin Jacques in a new book. To look ahead, start by understanding the difference between a nation-state and a civilization-state.
Posted: 11/30/2009
Law Students Take Pulse on Issues of Global Justice at The Hague
After interviewing representatives of states and advocacy organizations at the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court, where the United States has sent official observers for the first time, the students will report their findings and perhaps make recommendations toward a broader U.S. engagement with the court.
Posted: 11/23/2009
Wesley Clark: Can NATO Survive Afghanistan?
Clark, a senior fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations, opened the afternoon session for a Nov. 6 conference, "1989: Assessing the Collapse of Communism Twenty Years Later." The conference was organized by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies.
Posted: 11/12/2009
Lighting a Fire for Human Rights
When Jack Healey, founder and president of the Human Rights Action Center, came to UCLA on Nov. 5, his purpose was clear: to inspire undergraduates to dedicate themselves to the universal struggle for human rights, as he has done for nearly three decades.
Posted: 11/9/2009
Award-Winning Israeli Journalist Based in Territories Reflects on Family History, Denounces Gaza Attack
Shortly after accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women's Media Foundation, Amira Hass delivers two talks on campus sponsored by the Center for Near Eastern Studies. "Diary of Bergen-Belsen: 1944-1945," Hass's mother's account of surviving the Nazi concentration camp, has been republished in English.
Posted: 11/5/2009
Obama Committed to Working with International Institutions, US Official Says
Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer looks at U.S. cooperation on issues from global warming to peacekeeping and human rights.
Posted: 11/3/2009
Scholar Survives Political Imprisonment in Iran
Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, tells the harrowing story of her time as a political prisoner in Iran to a packed room of scholars and well-wishers on campus. She was a guest of the Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Center for Middle East Development.
Posted: 10/29/2009
The Turkish Party System and Political Islam: A Challenge to the Inclusion-Moderation Hypothesis?
A public lecture by Michele Penner Angrist, Union College.
Posted: 10/28/2009
Venezuelan Ambassador Discusses Relations Between US and Region
Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, the ambassador from Venezuela, says that the political crisis in Honduras and the U.S. military presence in Colombia will be pivotal issues in U.S. relations in Latin America.
Posted: 10/13/2009
Somaly Mam: We Have to Save Them
Cambodian activist and author Somaly Mam has rescued more than 6,000 girls in Southeast Asia from sexual slavery and helped many to rebuild their lives. She spoke last month at UCLA's law school on how to go beyond mere talk in the fight against predators and organized criminals.
Posted: 10/12/2009
The Peace Process in the Middle East: What is Going On?
Podcast of a lecture by Ayman Abdel Nour presented by the UCLA Center for Middle East Development and the UCLA International Institute on March 11, 2009.
Posted: 10/9/2009
Burkle Center Senior Fellow Prof. Suphamongkhon Appears on Thailand's "Diplomat Talk"
Burkle Center Senior Fellow Dr. Kantathi Suphamongkhon expresses his views about Thailand's relationship with North Korea.
Posted: 10/8/2009
The State of US-Venezuela Relations
Remarks by his Excellency Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States.
Posted: 10/8/2009
Clock Ticking on Taiwan Strait Resolution
The coming three years may be the best chance for mainland Chinese and Taiwanese leaders to settle their differences, says former Taiwanese Foreign Minister Hung-mao Tien.
Posted: 10/7/2009
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