"The Diplomat" Film Screening and Panel
Gripping chronicle of the work and impact of legendary US diplomat Richard Holbrooke through 50 years of US foreign policy
Wednesday, February 17, 20167:00 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
235 Charles E. Young Dr. N
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Watch the trailer now!
The Diplomat (trailer) from ro*co Films on Vimeo.
PODCAST: To listen to the podcast from the introduction and panel discussion click here.
ABOUT "THE DIPLOMAT" DOCUMENTARY FILM
"THE DIPLOMAT" tells the remarkable story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Told through the perspective of his eldest son David, the documentary takes you behind the scenes of high stakes diplomacy where peace is waged and wars are ended.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
GENERAL WESLEY K. CLARK (ret.) serves as Chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic consulting firm; senior fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations; Trustee of International Crisis Group. General Clark has authored four books and is a founding member of the Clinton Global Initiative's Energy & Climate Change Advisory Board, and Director of the Atlantic Council. Clark retired as a four star general after 38 years in the United States Army. He graduated first in his class at West Point and completed degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University (B.A. and M.A.) as a Rhodes Scholar. While serving in Vietnam, he commanded an infantry company in combat, where he was severely wounded and evacuated home on a stretcher. He later commanded at the battalion, brigade and division level, and served in a number of significant staff positions, including service as the Director Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5). In his last assignment as Supreme Allied Commander Europe he led NATO forces to victory in Operation Allied Force, saving 1.5 million Albanians from ethnic cleansing. His awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Defense Distinguished Service Medal (five awards), Silver star, bronze star, purple heart, honorary knighthoods from the British and Dutch governments, and numerous other awards from other governments, including award of Commander of the Legion of Honor (France).
MIKE SHUSTER is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and former roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. Shuster covered issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim. In recent years, Shuster has helped shape NPRs extensive coverage of the Middle East as one of the leading reporters to cover this region – traveling in the spring of 2007 to Iraq to cover the increased deployment of American forces in Baghdad. He has traveled frequently to Iran – fourteen times since 2004 – to report on Iran's nuclear program and political changes there. He has also reported frequently from Israel, covering the 2006 war with Hezbollah, the pullout from Gaza in 2005 and the second intifada that erupted in 2000. His 2007 week-long series "The Partisans of Ali" explored the history of Shi'ite faith and politics, providing a rare, comprehensive look at the complexities of the Islamic religion and its impact on the Western world.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
KAL RAUSTIALA is Director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and Associate Vice Provost of the International Institute. A professor at UCLA Law School, he holds a joint appointment with the UCLA International Institute, where he teaches in the Program on Global Studies. Professor Raustiala has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and the University of Chicago, and was a fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. He serves on the editorial boards of International Organization and the American Journal of International Law and is a blogger for Freakonomics.com. A life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he is a graduate of Harvard Law School, Duke University, and the University of California, San Diego.
Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, Burkle Center for International Relations, Center for Near Eastern Studies, Center for Middle East Development, International & Comparative Law Program (ICLP) at UCLA School of Law