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VIDEO AND PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! The 2022-23 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Luis Moreno Ocampo, May 17, 2023

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PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! Beyond Populism and Liberal Institutions: Pueblos' Defense of Grounded Communities as Planetary Democracy - A discussion with Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Professor of Political Science, Haverford College, May 5, 2023

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VIDEO AND PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! The Suffragist Peace: How Women Shape the Politics of War - A book talk with Robert Trager, Professor of Political Science, UCLA, April 26, 2023

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VIDEO AND PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections - A book talk with Sarah Bush, Assoc. Prof., Yale and Lauren Prather, Assoc. Prof., UCSD, April 13, 2023

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VIDEO AND PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance - A book talk with Didac Queralt, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University, March 8, 2023

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VIDEO AND PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! The 2022-23 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with Garry Kasparov, March 6, 2023

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VIDEO AND PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise - A book talk with Susan Shirk, Research Prof. and Chair, 21st Century China Center, UCSD, February 15, 2023

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VIDEO AND PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! The Bankers' Blacklist: Unofficial Market Enforcement and the Global Fight Against Illicit Financing - A book talk with Julia Morse, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Santa Barbara, February 8, 2023

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VIDEO AND PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire - A book talk with Kal Raustiala, Burkle Center Director and Prof. of Law, UCLA, January 25, 2023

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VIDEO AND PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW! Dissent in Disruptive Times: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Rise (and Fall) of the American Empire - A discussion with Zachariah Mampilly, Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs, CUNY, January 18, 2023

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The Black Angeleno who took on the 'Problem of Palestine'

May 10, 2023. "Bunche's involvement in what he called “the problem of Palestine” grew out...


Wednesday, May 10, 2023


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Ralphe Bunche and 'The Problem of Palestine'

May 10, 2023. In an essay for Zocalo Public Square, Kal Raustiala writes, "Bunche's involvement...


Wednesday, May 10, 2023


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Biden Needs to Rethink His Middle East Agenda

May 5, 2023. "The Biden administration's strategy in the Middle East may be setting itself...


Friday, May 5, 2023


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Arab De-escalations and Realignments Amid Multipolarity

May 3, 2023. "As emergent great powers enter the Middle East scene and as Arab...


Wednesday, May 3, 2023


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A closer look at Ralph Bunche: the radical pragmatist

May 1, 2023. "In a new biography, ‘The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the United...


Monday, May 1, 2023


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Arab countries are normalizing relations with Syria, over a decade after the uprising

Apr. 16, 2023. "The region has decided to move on. This is not a Middle...


Sunday, April 16, 2023


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What's Happening in Israel Is Unlikely to Stay in Israel

Mar. 10, 2023. "The perception that Israel is weakening from within could lead to a...


Friday, March 10, 2023


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Chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov champions democracy

Mar. 7, 2023. "Russian chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov delivered this year's annual...


Tuesday, March 7, 2023


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Israel's Dangerous Shadow War With Iran

Feb. 27, 2023. "Military deterrence is no longer just a supplement to diplomacy; it is...


Monday, February 27, 2023


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The Middle East Is Bringing Syria's Assad Back in From the Cold

Jan. 17, 2023. "Global and regional trends appear to be making Syria's normalization an irreversible...


Tuesday, January 17, 2023


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Q&A with Professor Kal Raustiala on his biography of Ralph Bunche, ‘The Absolutely Indispensable Man'

Dec. 15, 2022. "Ralph Bunche was once so famous he handed out the Best Picture...


Friday, December 16, 2022


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Ralph Bunche and the Birth of UN Peacekeeping

Dec. 2, 2022. "While no one person can claim the mantle of the creator of...


Friday, December 2, 2022


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This Black American diplomat is one of the least-known architects of the state of Israel

Nov. 23, 2022. "One of the chief authors of that influential decision is largely forgotten...


Wednesday, November 23, 2022


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The U.S.-Saudi Spat Is Over More Than Just Oil Prices

Oct. 28, 2022. "The war in Ukraine should be a wakeup call that Washington's status...


Friday, October 28, 2022


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Why Iran is helping Russia against Ukraine

Oct. 21, 2022. Read what experts, including UCLA Burkle Center Senior Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye,...


Friday, October 28, 2022