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Symposium brings together experts to discuss human rights
Abuses against children, political prisoners and families among the topics addressed
Posted: 5/16/2012
Rebellion and Repression on the Arabian Peninsula
Tariq Ali, editor, New Left Review
Posted: 5/14/2012
Beautiful Resistance: Defying the Occupation Through the Theater and the Arts
Talk by Abdelfattah Abusrour, Al-Rowwad Cultural & Theatre Center
Posted: 5/9/2012
Living History with Professor James L. Gelvin
Gelvin is the author of the recently released book "The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know"
Posted: 5/9/2012
Osama bin Laden Was Not Caught Because of Torture but in Spite of It: Daily Beast Op-Ed by Burkle Center Fellow Matthew Alexander
Contrary to the claims by the man who ran the CIA’s torture program, attempts to find and kill Osama bin Laden were hindered by waterboarding and other torture techniques.
Posted: 5/8/2012
NY Times Op-Ed by Burkle Center Sr. Fellow Gen. Wesley Clark: Bosnia Still Needs Fixing
Posted: 5/4/2012
Multitasking in the Middle East: Obama and the Challenges of Israel, Iran, and the Arab Awakening - a talk by Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J-Street
A talk by the President & Founder of J-Street, Jeremy Ben-Ami. This event was co-sponsored by the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.
Posted: 5/1/2012
Putin's Russia : What is in the Cards?
A public lecture by Yevgenia Albats, Editor-in-Chief, The New Times (Novoye Vremya).
Posted: 4/27/2012
The Challenge of Covering a Fast-Changing China
A conversation with American Public Media senior correspondent Rob Schmitz and editor Angilee Shah.
Posted: 4/26/2012
The Potential Institutional Change in China
A talk by economist Dr. Yeliang XIA on the potential for institutional change in China, based on his studies on institutional analysis of the influence of economic development and social movements on the goal of constitutional democracy, individual freedoms and choices, and rule of law.
Posted: 4/19/2012
Text in Context: A Teach-in on President Yudof's Letter
Commentary by Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
Posted: 4/16/2012
Visiting Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye: Containing Iran - What Does it Mean?
Burkle Center Visiting Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye and Eric Lorber explain containment strategy and whether or not this is an effective policy towards Iran.
Posted: 3/23/2012
African Women in War Zones: A Feminist Perspective
Dr. Amina Mama, University of California, Davis
Posted: 3/22/2012
Revolution, Reform, and Repression: Challenges to Women's Inclusion and Equality in the Middle East
The 1st Annual International Women’s Day Lecture by Sussan Tahmasebi, recipient of the Human Rights Watch’s 2011 Alison Des Forges Human Rights Award for Extraordinary Activism.
Posted: 3/20/2012
UCLA law students locate compound of Congolese militia leader wanted by the ICC
Bosco Ntaganda unexpectedly spotted in the town of Goma
Posted: 3/20/2012
Nixon in China Conference Keynote
The February 23 conference commemorated the 40th anniversary of President Nixon's historic visit to Beijing and Shanghai and his meetings with Chairman Mao. It was sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, and the UCLA Confucius Institute.
Posted: 3/16/2012
Nixon in China Conference Panel 1
The February 23 conference commemorated the 40th anniversary of President Nixon's historic visit to Beijing and Shanghai and his meetings with Chairman Mao. It was sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, and the UCLA Confucius Institute.
Posted: 3/16/2012
Senator George Mitchell in Conversation with NPR's Renee Montagne
Senator George Mitchell, who led peace negotiations in Northern Ireland and formerly served as Special Envoy for the Middle East, delivers the 2012 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture entitled: "Turmoil in the Middle East: Its Effect on U.S. Foreign Policy."
Posted: 3/16/2012
A Poetry Reading by Granaz Mousavi (in Persian)
From the panel discussion "Secularism and Gender in Iran of Today"
Posted: 3/14/2012
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Aram Saroyan
Aram Saroyan reads "Night in Hamdan" by Saadi Yousef, translated by Khaled Mattawa, followed by his own poem "Autobiography".
Posted: 3/14/2012
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Elline Lipkin
Elline Lipkin reads Adnan Mohsen's "More Rare," followed by her own poem written with Aga Shahid Ali entitled "Al-Mutanabbi Street."
Posted: 3/14/2012
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Jim Natal
Jim Natal reads his own poem entitled "The Street of the Poet".
Posted: 3/14/2012
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