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The 2026-27 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture: Bearing Witness: A Free Press in an Age of Authoritarianism

Evan Gershkovich, foreign correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

Monday, October 5, 2026
4:30 PM (Pacific Time)
UCLA University Club (formerly Faculty Club), Morrison Room

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The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East

Kim Ghattas, Middle East expert, author, and Emmy-award-winning journalist

Monday, November 16, 2026
12:00 PM
Bunche Hall, Rm 10383

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Senior Fellow Jerrold Green joins the MPAC Podcast with Salam Al-Maryani to discuss the two-state solution and U.S. foreign policy

"In my world, they say war is politics by another means... but destruction of this......

Friday, July 17, 2026

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Kal Raustiala on the Next United Nations Secretary-General's Ability to Deliver for the World's Youngest and Young Countries

"And so the UN, as it was initially planned, was really almost dead on arrival,......

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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Burkle Senior Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye joins CNN to discuss the Iran War Ceasefire

In a recent interview with CNN, Dalia Dassa Kaye discusses the Iran ceasefire ahead of......

Friday, April 17, 2026

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Burkle Senior Fellow Dr. Jerrold Green joins the Port of Los Angeles to discuss the Middle East Conflict and Shipping Disruptions

"So, while all of this is unfolding in the Middle East...one wonders what is being......

Monday, April 13, 2026

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Senior Fellow Benjamin Radd joins CNN to discuss Iran's current leadership and the war timeline

"So let's keep in mind the country is dysfunctional from within... their top tier leaders......

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Is the Iran War legal? It's complicated

Mar 12, 2026. Speaking to Bloomberg Law, UCLA Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala said, “It's......

Thursday, March 19, 2026

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In Second Week, Iran War Expands Through Region

"It really is important to note that despite all of this hostility, we're in new......

Friday, March 13, 2026

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The Mirage of a New Middle East

“There is no silver bullet to bring about a more stable Middle East. On the......

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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Burkle Senior Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye joins KTLA to discuss U.S. strike on Iran

"What is so confusing about this war is there was no imminent threat...There is a......

Monday, March 2, 2026

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Alexandra Lieben comments on Austria offering safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities

“There was a real shock among everybody, and a paralysis that went along with that.......

Friday, February 13, 2026

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Kal Raustiala comments on Trumps's visit to Davos on the Marketplace Podcast

"I think Greenland was sort of the straw that broke the camel's back because it......

Friday, January 23, 2026

Dalia Dassa Kaye joins Press Play with Madeleine Brand to discuss Iran and her new book, "Enduring Hostility"

The U.S. relationship with Iran is now "the longest adversarial relationship [in the history of......

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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Military Force Will Not Help the People of Iran

"The President and other senior officials have offered mixed messages on the purpose of military......

Friday, January 16, 2026

Kal Raustiala joins Tavis Smiley

Kal Raustiala, UCLA law professor and author of “The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the......

Thursday, December 11, 2025

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Dalia Dassa Kaye joins CNN to discuss the 2025 Gaza ceasefire plan

"We need to have a sustained end of fighting, not just a pause, but a......

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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