News
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
Leading Ethiopian Historian Revisits Student Movement
Bahru Zewde of Addis Ababa University was a member and early observer of the movement that supplied ideas for transition after the 1974 revolution.
Posted: 4/4/2006
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
Nuclear Deal Fueled by India's Energy Needs, Says Diplomat
Consul General B.S. Prakash says Indo-U.S. relations are warming.
Posted: 3/16/2006
Tainted Legacy
U. of Pittsburgh's Akiko Hashimoto examines the debate surrounding Japan's guilt over World War II.
Posted: 3/16/2006
Brazilian Ambassador Denies U.S.-Latin Divide
On Southern Californian trip, Ambassador Roberto Abdenur discusses trade, left-leaning Latin American governments, Brazil's Bolivian investment.
Posted: 3/9/2006
Mexican Politics Comes to UCLA
The Latin American Center has scheduled speakers from the three major political parties in this year's Mexican presidential election to give guest lectures at UCLA.
Posted: 3/8/2006
Mexican voting system problematic
Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, former president of the PRI and founding member of the center-left PRD, said keeping track of eligible voters living abroad has been a major problem.
Posted: 3/3/2006
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
Former Ambassador Emphasizes Africa's Centrality
Princeton Lyman, a Ralph Bunche senior fellow, visited UCLA to present a report by the Council of Foreign Relations Task Force on U.S. policy towards Africa.
Posted: 2/15/2006
UC Regents Assess Possible Sudan Divestment
At UCLA meeting, students argue that action could help bring end to atrocities.
Posted: 2/15/2006
Global leaders offer ways to improve Middle East Company
Former President Clinton opens session with plan to make oil revenues benefit region.
Posted: 2/14/2006
Prof's perspectives on Asia reach millions
Tom Plate's "Pacific Perspectives" is widely syndicated in the U.S. and in Asia
Posted: 2/13/2006
Sectarianism Plaguing Iraq, Says Expert
Spiegel, who is one of the world's foremost experts on American foreign policy in the Middle East, was in Doha to take part in the international conference on Enriching the Middle East's Economic Future.
Posted: 2/6/2006
Slouching Towards Lebanon
Iraq expert Juan Cole and ex-CPA adviser on democratization Larry Diamond view Iraqi civil war as likely, US leverage slight. Experts discuss history of US-led military occupation, Iraqi constitution, election results.
Posted: 1/27/2006
Juan Cole Examines Jihadist Groups
Back at UCLA for first of two events, professor and Internet blogger brings sociology of religion to bear on militant Islam's recruiting methods, lending support to view that Iraq invasion revived Al Qaeda.
Posted: 1/20/2006
The Whitewashing of Ariel Sharon
CNES faculty member Saree Makdisi argued in the Los Angeles Times that the 'man of courage and peace' story ignores Sharon's bloody and ruthless past.
Posted: 1/14/2006
UCLA Office Hosted 471 Visitors from 92 Nations in 2005
U.S. State Department, which sponsors nearly half of travelers to UCLA's International Visitors Bureau, continues post-9/11 drive to bring Muslims from around the globe.
Posted: 12/21/2005
UCLA Asian Studies Faculty in the News -- December 2005
Comment on the Vietnamese American community, China's one child policy and adoption trends, and the place of Mao in today's China
Posted: 12/20/2005
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