About the Burkle Center

Director and Staff

Kal Raustiala
Director

Alexandra Lieben
Deputy Director

Haroon Azar
Program Director, Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom;
Senior Fellow

Brian Gott
Program Director
Burkle Global Impact Initiative (BGI)

Odessa Aguirre
Program Manager

Fellows

Haroon Azar
Program Director, Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom;
Senior Fellow

Tony Camerino
Fellow

Wesley Clark
Senior Fellow

Mike Shuster
Senior Fellow

Faculty Advisory Board

Leslie Johns
Associate Professor

Dalia Dassa Kaye
Faculty Advisor

Edward Leamer
Distinguished Professor

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

Arthur Stein
Professor

Robert Trager
Associate Professor

Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom

Haroon Azar
Program Director, Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom;
Senior Fellow

Rabbi Sarah Bassin
Fellow

Sana Rahim
Graduate Intern

Asma T. Uddin
Fellow

2019-20 Interns

Alexa Black
Undergraduate Intern

Francesca Bonaudo
Undergraduate Intern

Viola Chow
Undergraduate Intern

Zoe Day
Undergraduate Intern

Emily Decker
Undergraduate Intern

Maxim Harrell
Undegraduate Intern

Swan Ye Htut
Undergraduate Intern

Ilya Zaydenberg
Undergraduate Intern

The Generation Editorial Team

Eden Ballard
The Generation Staff Writer

Zach Emanuel
Managing Editor

Sareen Ishanyan
The Generation Staff Writer

Katie Jones
The Generation Staff Writer

Kasia Kosmala-Dahlbeck
The Generation Staff Writer

Alex Langsam
The Generation Staff Writer

Sanah Mehta
The Generation Staff Writer

Grayson Peters
The Generation Staff Writer

Xinong Wang
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Andrea Zachrich
Recruitment Director and Editor

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

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.

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, including former Supreme Allied Commander of Europe General Wesley K. Clark (ret.); 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.

Past Annual Reports

Annual Report 2012-2013

Annual Report 2013-2014