Bernard Brodie

Luis Moreno Ocampo, First Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

The 2022-23 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace

A discussion with Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Professor of Political Science, Haverford College

Beyond Populism and Liberal Institutions: Pueblos’ Defense of Grounded Communities as Planetary Democracy

A book talk with Robert Trager, Professor of Political Science, UCLA

The Suffragist Peace: How Women Shape the Politics of War

Featuring Sarah Bush, Assoc. Prof., Yale and Lauren Prather, Assoc. Prof., UCSD

Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections

A book talk with Didac Queralt, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University

Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance

Daniel Pearl

A discussion with Garry Kasparov, Russian pro-democracy leader and former world chess champion

The 2022-23 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

A book talk with Susan Shirk, Research Prof. and Chair, 21st Century China Center, UCSD

Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise

A book talk with Julia Morse, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Santa Barbara

The Bankers' Blacklist: Unofficial Market Enforcement and the Global Fight Against Illicit Financing

A book talk with Kal Raustiala, Burkle Center Director and Prof. of Law, UCLA

The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire

A discussion with Zachariah Mampilly, Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs, CUNY

Dissent in Disruptive Times: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Rise (and Fall) of the American Empire

The Burkle Center fosters research and analysis in international relations and foreign policy, brings the brightest minds in these fields to UCLA and to the Los Angeles community, and encourages faculty and students to explore and shape debate on global issues.

Podcasts for the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations

A book talk with Peter W. Singer, strategist, author, and Senior Fellow at New America

Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution

Joseph Nye

Joseph Nye is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and former Dean of the Kennedy School of Government.

The 2019-20 Bernard Brodie Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Joseph Nye

A book talk with Nicolas Berggruen of the Berggruen Institute

Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism

A discussion with Amit Elazari, Director of Global Cybersecurity Policy at Intel and a Lecturer at UC Berkeley's School of Information

The Evolving Cybersecurity Policy Landscape and How It Impacts You

Dick Cheney

A book talk with James Mann, award-winning journalist and author

"The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era"

A book talk with United Nations Special Rapporteur, David Kaye

Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet

Richard Holbrooke

A book talk with George Packer, journalist at The Atlantic

"Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century"

Emmanuel Saez

Arnold C. Harberger

Emmanuel Saez is a Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley and an economic adviser to Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

The 2019-20 Arnold C. Harberger Lecture on Economic Development with Emmanuel Saez

A panel discussion on the Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong 2020: Perspectives on an Ongoing Crisis

A book talk with Allison Stanger, Professor of International Politics and Economics at Middlebury College

Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump

A lecture with Ralph J. Bunche, General-Secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

Self-Determination in the 21st Century: The Experience of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

A book talk with Samantha Power, former US Ambassador to the United Nations

The Education of an Idealist

A Talk with Henrik Syse, Ph.D. and Vice Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Who Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize? Challenges and Reflections about the World's Most Prestigious Award

The Four Worlds of Carbon Politics: A Talk with Michael L. Ross, UCLA Political Science

Why have so few countries taken strong measures to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions?

A Book Talk with Jason Rezaian, journalist at the Washington Post

Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison

Peter Singer, best selling author and "one of Washington's pre-eminent futurists" on key trends.

NextTech: The Future of Technology, Security, and Threats

Adam Schiff

Representative Adam Schiff (CA-28) delivered the 2017-18 Brodie Lecture on the Conditions of Peace

The 2017-18 Bernard Brodie Lecture on the Conditions of Peace featuring Congressman Adam Schiff

Reel vs Real with the CIA and FX's "The Americans"

A book talk by Yale history professor, Timothy Snyder, on "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America."

The Road To Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World

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