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Focus on values and impact in a career, counsels alumna

“I've changed my measure of what success is because of the time that I had at UCLA. For me, success is now not a destination. By following my values, I ended up being more influential than I thought I would have been when I was set on one approach to my career.”

Institute welcomes new center directors

The Institute welcomes a new cohort of center directors and extends its heartfelt gratitude to faculty members who have served with distinction.

Institute welcomes new academic program chairs

Michael Thies, long-serving chair of two Institute academic programs, will step down over the coming months, while other faculty go on leave.

Reclaiming Filipino musical identity and tradition against U.S. empire

Mary Talusan Lacanlale (CSU Dominguez Hills) urges for a reexamination of Filipino banda (brass band) music under U.S. colonial rule not just as instruments of empire, but also reflecting a continuity of Filipino traditions.

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Giving practices embedded in Filipino diaspora's relationship to homeland

Joyce Mariano (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa) analyzes how giving practices in the Filipino diaspora are used by the Philippine state to reinforce structures of inequality.

Soon-to-be graduate wins 2021 Activist Award

“The thing that I value the most about the International Development Studies major is the opportunities it has provided me, ranging from chances for volunteering to traveling to internships,” says Laura Rabago, who is slated to graduate in December.

Graduate student wins multiple awards, Ford Foundation fellowship

Catherine Crooke, a talented Ph.D. student in sociology, is thriving at UCLA with the support of peers and mentors at the Center for the Study of International Migration.

Graduate profile: IDS Academic Award winner Katherine Gan

Looking back at the IDS program, Katherine says, “It has enriched my understanding of what is going on in the world and how the past (e.g., colonial legacies such as racism) can affect our current global situation.”

Graduating seniors earn honors

International Development Studies students received academic and activist awards, and a Global Studies senior has been accepted into a UCLA doctoral program.

Expanding heritage & project-based teaching of Southeast Asian languages

Southeast Asian language instructors from across the U.S. were trained on the principles and practices of Project-Based Learning and how it could complement heritage language teaching.

Russian Flagship senior wins Boren Award, State Department internship

Despite a tough first quarter in Russian Flagship Program, graduating senior Joseph Matveyenko quickly aquired superior language skills that helped him conduct impressive undergraduate research. He will intern online with the U.S. State Department this summer and attend a Russian-language program in Kazakhstan next year.

Jennifer Jung-Kim wins UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

“I love the energy that students bring to the classroom and campus. They challenge me to see the world through their eyes, and I learn so much from them,” says Jung-Kim, who teaches for both the Internaitonal Institute and the department of Asian languages and cultures.

Education opens a door to an unexpected path

Pedro Borges left school twice to work, once after primary school in Brazil and once during high school in the U.S. He graduates from UCLA with a B.A. and an M.A., having been encouraged by numerous teachers along the way.

Voices of Asian Americans at the UCLA International Institute

A few of the two dozen Asian Americans who work at the UCLA International Institute shared their reflections on being Asian American and working at the institute.

Alden Young wins Berggruen Institute Fellowship

The UCLA scholar will work in the institute's Globalization and Geopolitics Program and continue his research on a new concept of the Red Sea as a coherent world region.

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Root causes of migration point to U.S.

May 10, 2021. Wiriting on the blog site of Oxford University Press, UCLA sociologist Cecilia Menjívar, member of the Center for the Study of International Migration, notes, "To the extent that there are migration-related crises, these are located elsewhere and have been created over decades by government policies in which the United States has played a critical role... [Policies] in Central America, instigated by the US government, have wholly militarized the countries where many immigrants originate, historically and contempora-neously... This tripartite militarization strategy—at origin, transit, and destination—has created some of the most violent country conditions in the world from which Central Americans flee today."
Also see Menjívar's interview with Mother Jones and a recent New York Times Magazine article on the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program that cites her research.

Biden's recognition of the Armenian Genocide

Apr 26, 2021. Ann Karagozian, director of The Promise Armenian Institute and distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA, was interviewed by Los Angeles NPR station KCRW about the meaning of Biden's recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Listen to the "Press Play with Madeleine Brand" interview.

Biden's airstrike on Syria

March 10, 2021. Asked by Israeli daily Ha'aretz to comment on President Biden's recent airstrikes on Syria, Kal Raustiala responded, “[T]he issue becomes: Are you invited by the state involved? It's fine if you're invited to do that by the sovereign, or if you have a [UN] Security Council resolution, or you're engaged in self-defense.” Raustiala, director of the Burkle Center for International Relations and professor of law at UCLA, added, “A country like the United States typically wants to stop the attack, and make sure it never happens again, but some people are uncomfortable with that.”

Biden, Iran and the Nuclear Deal

CMED Research Fellow Dr. Ben Radd spoke on KPCC's "AirTalk" about US plans to rejoin the JCPOA in the current international setting. While many Arab nations are more closely aligned against Iran than several years ago, Radd pointed out, "The Europeans... are eager to get Iran back into compliance. They were very much opposed to the US withdrawing and also [against] attempts last year by then Secretary of State Pompeo to reimpose United Nations sanctions against Iran."
See Dr. Radd's comments on the evolving American-Saudi relationship on BCC World News.

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