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• David Kaye: Karadzic, Bashir and Challenges for International Justice
  In this video op-ed, David Kaye, executive director of UCLA School of Law's International Human Rights Program, identifies some risks and opportunities presented by the upcoming trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic at the war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the arrest warrant on genocide charges sought by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court against President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan.
  Posted: 9/17/2008

• Lecture by US Ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad
  Zalmay Khalilzad is the US Ambassador to the UN and delivered the Annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Condition of Peace on May 6, 2008.
  Posted: 5/30/2008

• Bill Richardson: Personal Relationships at Heart of Diplomacy
  Listen to the New Mexico governor's March 11 keynote address at UCLA on "U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Rogue States," a conference organized by the Burkle Center. Richardson says the "bad guys" of international relations often crave recognition from the United States and respond to personal connections.
  Posted: 3/4/2008

• Gen. Clark: U.S. Response to "Rogue" States
  New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will deliver the keynote address for the Burkle Center's March 11 conference on "Rogue States: Engage, Isolate or Strike?" At the event, Burkle Senior Fellow Wesley K. Clark and other prominent leaders, analysts, diplomats, and academics will focus on one question: How does the United States respond to countries that threaten the security of their neighbors and the world? Gen. Clark explains in this video.
  Posted: 2/21/2008

• Michael L. Ross: Rein in 'Oil Bully' Burma
  In this video op-ed, Michael L. Ross, a UCLA political scientist and acting director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, explains the dynamics that allow oil-exporting nations, particularly Myanmar (Burma), to win influence and political cover for human rights abuses.
  Posted: 12/11/2007

• Phillip Carter: Refocus on Political Solution for Iraq
  In this video op-ed, UCLA law graduate and Iraq war veteran Phillip Carter says that tactical victories for the U.S. military in Baghdad will be of little consolation when troop levels fall again in April 2008. He discusses the corruption and sectarianism that plagued Iraqi security forces during his time in Diyala Province.
  Posted: 9/27/2007

• Amy Zegart: US Spy Agencies Have Long Way to Go
  In this video op-ed, Amy Zegart of the UCLA School of Public Affairs calls for "top-down policy changes" and "bottom-up cultural transformation" in U.S. intelligence gathering and analysis. Zegart is the author of "Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11" (2007).
  Posted: 8/16/2007

• Wesley K. Clark: Abandoning Values Only Brings Defeat
  Renewal of respect for international law, open justice, human dignity, and the Bill of Rights is the key to victory in the struggle against terrorists, explains former NATO commander and UCLA Burkle Center Senior Fellow Wesley K. Clark in this video op-ed. Torturing enemies is not merely wrong, he says, but "represents a path for defeat for the United States."
  Posted: 5/21/2007

• Ann Carlson: US Ruling May Let States Fight Global Warming
  In this video op-ed, UCLA Professor of Law Ann Carlson, director of UCLA's Environmental Law Center, explains how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA is likely to affect California's efforts to regulate some important causes of global climate change.
  Posted: 5/7/2007