News
Gen. Wesley Clark Joins UCLA's Burkle Center
Clark will host a major conference on campus this winter on the future of the Middle East.
Posted: 9/27/2006
Records of East Timor, 1999
UCLA historian Geoffrey Robinson is leading a mission to save evidence of a young nation's turbulent birth and working through his own memories of violence.
Posted: 9/21/2006
UCLA Islamic Law Expert Threatened
Khaled Abou El Fadl tells the Los Angeles Times that false information about him and threats, relayed earlier this month by a local newspaper, amount to a 'solicitation of murder.' He also recounts a close call in April.
Posted: 8/28/2006
African Stories in Online Curriculum Give Meaning to 'Globalization'
16 short tales, and warring commentaries on them, form the core of GlobaLink-Africa, a free, year-long, multimedia curriculum designed for grades 9-12. The polished, feature-rich web site is not only for high schoolers. Others can raid it for music, country data, or a crash course on Africa and the contemporary world.
Posted: 8/14/2006
The Murder of American Values in Lebanon
Fighting in Lebanon and Israel 'might engulf the entire region as well as what is left of faith in American ideals in the Muslim world,' writes UCLA Fulbright Coordinator Ann Zwicker Kerr in the Aug. 14 Christian Science Monitor.
Posted: 8/14/2006
Israel's Outrageous Attacks
Israel is engaging in collective punishment of the people of Lebanon, writes UCLA Professor Saree Makdisi July 19 in the Los Angeles Times.
Posted: 7/24/2006
The Middle East's Symbolic Slugfest
A need to protect symbols lies behind the latest Mideast violence, writes UCLA historian and CNES faculty member David N. Myers in the Los Angeles Times.
Posted: 7/14/2006
'As a Teacher, I Have Power'
W. Michael 'Jelani' Hamm, the Coordinator for the Social Justice Magnet at Crescent Heights Elementary, discusses his experiences at a two-day K-12 teachers' workshop on the plight of African children.
Posted: 7/5/2006
Center Focusing on Africa, Globalization Launches Multimedia High School Curriculum
GlobaLink-Africa, a free resource for students and teachers, was four years in the making. GRCA celebrated its launch with African and Afro-Brazilian musical and dance performances.
Posted: 5/25/2006
Law Prof Reaffirms Islam's Moral Message
In Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt and Turkey, audiences of up to 1,000 people recently turned up to listen to him speak. In the United States, Abou El Fadl's views have made him unpopular among fellow Arab Americans.
Posted: 5/24/2006
Flashpoint in Japanese-Korean Relations
Connecticut College's Alexis Dudden speaks on "Illegal Korea".
Posted: 5/18/2006
Iranians Demand Change, Reject War by US, Says Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi
Human rights advocate denounces Iranian laws that harm children and women, set back path to 'advanced democracy.' Protesters interrupt speech; a few are ejected.
Posted: 5/17/2006
Iranian Lawyer to Give Talk on Human Rights
Shirin Ebadi, the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, was given the award for her dedication to human rights and a nonviolent, evolutionary process for change in the Iranian government.
Posted: 5/15/2006
14 Ways of Looking at a Bald Eagle
Veteran New York Times international reporter Stephen Kinzer, author of Overthrow, worries that Americans again harbor good intentions about Iran.
Posted: 5/3/2006
Joschka Fischer Argues Global Powers 'Condemned to Cooperation'
In talk at UCLA, former German foreign minister sees no future for 'balance-of-powers' geopolitics, defends European expansion within bounds, urges US not to give up on 'the West.' Fischer calls Iranian nuclear program biggest threat in troubled Middle East.
Posted: 5/2/2006
Global Terrorism Prevention on a Shoestring
Scholar of political terrorism and key figure in UN efforts to prevent it challenges conventional wisdom on extremist groups.
Posted: 4/11/2006
Lawyer to Discuss Human Rights
Fabiola Letelier will be speaking today about prosecuting secret police in Chile.
Posted: 4/11/2006
Sudan Divestment Team Heads to Capital
The task force's new campaign comes about three weeks after the UC Board of Regents voted unanimously to divest from nine companies with holdings in Sudan.
Posted: 4/5/2006
UC Student Activists Make News With Sudan Divestment
Students won unanimous vote by Regents to shed holdings in nine companies doing business with government accused of genocide.
Posted: 3/29/2006
Afghan Foreign Minister Calls Judiciary 'Biggest Challenge'
Dr. 'Abdullah' Abdullah notes progress, urges diplomatic solution to dispute between neighboring Iran and the United States.
Posted: 3/20/2006
Afghan leader forges new state, ties to UCLA
A full lecture hall of UCLA students heard about the progress of Afghanistan's government directly from Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.
Posted: 3/20/2006
Regents Approve Divestment
Board votes unanimously to pull investments from nine companies supporting Sudan.
Posted: 3/17/2006
Beyond the Headlines
Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2005: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Posted: 3/8/2006
Former Israeli Ambassador Sees Few Ways Forward
Iraq war, Hamas electoral win, and Iran's ambitions make settlement with Palestinians still harder than before, says UCLA alumnus Itamar Rabinovich.
Posted: 2/24/2006
China's Clout in Africa
Absence of political strings makes Chinese investment attractive for African governments, says Maryland foreign policy specialist Ernest J. Wilson III.
Posted: 2/21/2006
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