About the Burkle Center

Director and Staff

Kal Raustiala
Director

Alexandra Lieben
Deputy Director

Margaret Peters
Associate Director

Mollie Grubman
Program Manager

Fellows

Haroon Azar
Senior Fellow

Tony Camerino
Fellow

Jerrold Green
Senior Fellow

Dalia Dassa Kaye
Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative for Regional Security Architectures

Benjamin Radd
Senior Fellow

Faculty Advisory Board

Etel Solingen
Tierney Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies; Chair of Burkle Center Faculty Advisory Board

John Agnew
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Kimberly Clausing
Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy

Sebastián Edwards
Henry Ford II Distinguished Professor of International Economics

Eric Min
Assistant Professor

Arthur Stein
Professor

Alex L. Wang
Professor; Walter and Shirley Wang Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications; Co-Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

2025-26 Interns

Mario A La Torre
Undergraduate Intern

Rida Abbas
Undergraduate Intern

Grace Bashawaty
Undergraduate Intern

Akshara Chitturi
Undergraduate Intern

Reya Hadaya
Undergraduate Intern

Scott Lee
Undergraduate Intern

Lucas Levy
Undergraduate Intern

The Generation Editorial Team

Jade Faircloth
Co Editor-In-Chief

Seamus Kim
Co Editor-In-Chief

Madeline Abellera
Staff Writer

Zach Apt
Staff Writer

Clarissa Damesyn
Staff Writer

Charlie Donlan
Staff Writer

Lucine Ekizian
Staff Writer

Chaitanya Kishore
Staff Writer

Georgiana Morris
Staff Writer

Josephine Murphy
Staff Writer

Joey Sinigiani
Staff Writer

Oliver Pozil
Staff Writer

Ivana Prokopenko
Staff Writer

Lea Walters
Staff Writer

Our Mission

The Burkle Center fosters research on and promotes discussion of international relations, U.S. foreign policy, and complex issues of global cooperation and conflict. We bring the brightest minds in these fields to UCLA and encourage faculty and students to explore and shape debate.

History and Activities

Created in 1979, the Center sponsors conferences, lectures, and other events that bring world leaders and internationally renowned scholars to UCLA and to the Los Angeles community; runs the Burkle Global Impact Initiative, a program designed to activate the entertainment industry to engage more deeply and effectively with global policy, humanitarian, and advocacy issues; funds research and courses on international affairs; hosts Senior Fellows, sponsors a renowned and highly competitive internship program; administers fellowships and scholarships; and provides podcasts and videos of Burkle Center events that raise awareness and shape debate about important issues in international relations.