Feb. 21, 2022. "The U.S.-China relationship 50 years ago was largely about geopolitical issues of security and shared antipathy toward the Soviet Union. Today, the U.S. and China are in a much more complex relationship, marked by aspects of competition and rivalry but also cooperation and interdependence," said UCLA Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala in an interview tih the China News Service. "[It's] important to actively seek out areas where the two nations, working together, can combine forces to better manage existing problems."Thursday, March 3, 2022
Foreign Affairs - Burkle Center Senior Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye writes that Washington needs a new strategy in the Middle East, but not an exit strategy.Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Foreign Policy - Burkle Center Senior Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye concludes that regional cooperation didn't lead to peace at the 1991 Madrid Conference—and it won't today.Friday, October 29, 2021
Los Angeles Times - Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala writes, "In a time when polarization and contention are reaching new heights in the United States and abroad, and the notion of middle ground seems suspect to many, Bunche stands out in his forthright belief in the power of mediation and mutual respect."Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Foreign Affairs - Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala and Yale Law student Nicholas Barile on the pitfalls of conducting U.S. foreign policy through the courts.Tuesday, October 5, 2021
In an effort to bring Afghan scholars to UCLA, the Center for Near Eastern Studies is working to raise funds to support several visiting Afghan scholar positions on campus. Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Los Angeles Times - Ruth Pearl, the mother of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who turned the profound and lasting agony of losing a son into a life of activism, outreach and bridging cultural divides, has died at her home in Los Angeles.Friday, July 30, 2021
LAist - Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala weighs in on why Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination to be Ambassador to India is important. Tuesday, July 13, 2021
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to retired Army General Wesley Clark, a former NATO commander and current Burkle Center senior fellow, about President Biden's meeting with Russian President Putin, and about the challenges facing Biden and NATO.Wednesday, June 16, 2021
UCLA and several other universities worked with the LA Mayor's Office of International Affairs to organize and host the series.Thursday, April 8, 2021
Human rights experts David Kaye and Agnès Callamard discussed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the lack of established international mechanisms to address the targeted assassination of dissidents by sovereign states. Friday, April 2, 2021
New York Times - Agnès Callamard, who wrote of a cover-up in the 2018 killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, called out “bully boy” tactics and intimidation in international diplomacy.Friday, March 26, 2021
Haaretz Newspaper - When can the U.S. strike overseas? How much power does a president have in making these decisions? And how should the U.S. handle Iran's proxies? Ben Samuels writes about the early crossroads where Biden finds himself.Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Delivering the 2021 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture, Tapper said journalists nned to be clear-eyed and precise with the public to counter the perpetuation of lies in the national discourse.Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Jewish Journal - Tom Tugend writes about the 2020-21 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with CNN's Jake Tapper.Thursday, February 4, 2021