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Experts Explore Nuclear Issues
The spread of nuclear weapons is a pressing issue the United States must recognize and address, experts said during a two-day conference on campus this week.
Posted: 3/8/2007
Demarcating the Boundaries: Geopolitical Dimensions of the Israel-Palestine Peace Process
A public lecture by David Newman, Ben Gurion University, part of the series on Israel Studies.
Posted: 3/7/2007
Generals in the Cabinet Room: An Introduction to the Political Crisis in Israel
A public lecture by Yoram Peri, Tel Aviv University, part of the series on Israel Studies.
Posted: 3/7/2007
Make Way for 'Peaceful Rise'
Bates Gill, an American expert on East Asian security issues, argues for welcoming China into a global fold. Not only is there little choice, he says, but the country's policies have taken an encouraging turn over the last decade and more.
Posted: 3/7/2007
Conference to Examine Future of Nuclear Weapons
Former Secretary of Defense William Perry is scheduled to give the keynote address this afternoon, with Wednesday featuring panels and breakout sessions on more specific subjects.
Posted: 3/6/2007
Israeli Diplomat Analyzes Mideast
The lecture by the newly appointed Israeli ambassador to Great Britain, Ron Prosor, was sponsored by the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations, the Israel Studies Program, Stand with Us, and the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles.
Posted: 3/1/2007
Guest Professor Speaks on Israel, Middle East
Monday's talk by Shlomo Aronson, a political science professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and Israel Studies Program.
Posted: 2/27/2007
'Arab Style' Hits Bulgarian Province
Kristen Ghodsee of the Gender and Women's Studies Program at Bowdoin College has observed a Persian Gulf-influenced Muslim religious revival in a southern Bulgarian province. In one of two recent UCLA talks, she describes her project to work out how it happened.
Posted: 2/26/2007
A Spy Called Sorge
Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations Thomas Rimer speaks about the re-telling of the Sorge affair in Japanese film and theater.
Posted: 2/21/2007
Professor Discusses Israeli Politics
Yoram Peri, a professor of political sociology and communication at Tel Aviv University, offered his analysis of Israeli politics during a lecture Tuesday afternoon.
Posted: 2/14/2007
Professor to Examine Military's Role in Israeli Politics
As part of an ongoing lecture series on Israeli studies, Yoram Peri, a professor of political sociology and communication at Tel Aviv University, is scheduled to speak today at 4:00.
Posted: 2/13/2007
Experts Discuss Power a President Should Have
Lawyers and professors from around the country came together at UCLA on Feb. 9 to give their legal and historical perspectives on the topic of executive power.
Posted: 2/12/2007
Clark: US Failure in Iraq Rooted in Lack of Legitimacy
No amount of military intervention in Iraq can work without equal emphasis on robust diplomacy and political initiatives in the strife-torn nation, Clark said in a Jan. 22 lecture on the eve of Bush's national address.
Posted: 2/7/2007
He Brings International Issues to Public's Attention
In his new post at the Burkle Center, Raustiala said he will take advantage of UCLA's West Coast setting to "focus on areas where we can really move the debate forward," including Latin America and the Pacific Rim, while still "covering the waterfront of international relations."
Posted: 2/7/2007
Legality, Legitimacy and the Iraq War
Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Burkle Center Senior Fellow.
Posted: 2/7/2007
Justice in the Grass
A documentary about the Rwandan genocide to be screened at UCLA on Wednesday looks at efforts to revive a traditional court system that brings victim and perpetrator face to face.
Posted: 2/5/2007
Group Combats for Peace
The Thursday night discussion was part of a month-long tour sparked by the killing of the 10-year-old daughter of Bassam Aramin, one of the founders of Combatants for Peace.
Posted: 2/2/2007
Clark: Iraq War Legal, Not Legitimate
Retired General Wesley K. Clark, a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, explains to a packed Law School auditorium that the United States has "squandered its mantle of legitimacy in this conflict."
Posted: 1/23/2007
Surprised, Again, by Dutch Voters
A visiting historian and a UCLA political scientist analyze November's inconclusive election in the Netherlands.
Posted: 12/15/2006
What Should America's Strategy Be in the Middle East?
A look at the policies of 11 U.S. presidents since the creation of the new Middle East in 1948 provides useful clues to a sound and viable strategy in the region, writes UCLA political scientist Steven Spiegel.
Posted: 12/13/2006
Clash of Values or Interests? US Policy in the Middle East
A public lecture by Jerrold Green, RAND Corporation, part of the Center for Near Eastern Studies Fall lecture series on The New Middle East: Five Years After 9/11, exploring the most recent events in the Middle East, while providing perspective and analysis from a variety of points of view.
Posted: 12/7/2006
New Old Lebanon
A public lecture by As'ad Abukhalil, CSU Stanislaus and UC Berkeley, part of the Center for Near Eastern Studies Fall lecture series on The New Middle East: Five Years After 9/11, exploring the most recent events in the Middle East, while providing perspective and analysis from a variety of points of view.
Posted: 12/7/2006
Privatizing the Post Office
Japanese politics expert Patricia Maclachlan identifies the challenges to the future privatization of the Japanese post office.
Posted: 11/30/2006
Middle East Series Goes On
Cal State Stanislaus professor speaks on current condition of Lebanese politics
Posted: 11/29/2006
Back to the Future in the Middle East
A lecture by Barry Rubin, Director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center in Herzliya, Israel, part of the Center for Near Eastern Studies Fall lecture series on The New Middle East: Five Years After 9/11. The series explores the most recent events in the Middle East, while providing perspective and analysis from a variety of points of view.
Posted: 11/22/2006
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