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Podcasts for the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations — 203 episodes
2025-26 Burkle Center International Career Panel
The 2025-26 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace
Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder
The 2025-26 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development
Student Voices: Politics and Power in International Law
What Does the U.S. Invasion Mean for Venezuela and the Region?
Making Bribery Profitable Again? The Market Effects of Halting Extraterritorial Accountability for Overseas Bribery
The 2024-25 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace: "The Small States Club: How Small Smart States Can Save the World"
Judicial Territory: Law, Capital and the Expansion of American Empire
Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict
Defending Democracy: The German Approach
Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
The 2024-25 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development
The 2024-25 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
Carbon Politics, American Power, and the Almighty Dollar
Under the Nuclear Shadow: China's Information-Age Weapons in International Security
The Gaza Ceasefire: An Assessment
When the Bombs Stopped: The Legacy of War in Rural Cambodia
States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security
Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition
What Moves an Electorate? Political Narratives in a Polarized World
At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China
A Conversation with Josh Paul, former Director of the U.S. State Departments Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
The 2023-24 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
Careers in a Globalizing World: An International Career Panel
Responding to Geopolitical Threats: The EU Expands its Role
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
Conflict and Resolution: An Irish Perspective
The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works—and When It Backfires
Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence
The 2023-24 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development
Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought
Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
And Then What? Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage
The 2023-24 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace
The 2022-23 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace
Beyond Populism and Liberal Institutions: Pueblos’ Defense of Grounded Communities as Planetary Democracy
The Suffragist Peace: How Women Shape the Politics of War
Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections
Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance
The 2022-23 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise
The Bankers' Blacklist: Unofficial Market Enforcement and the Global Fight Against Illicit Financing
The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire
Dissent in Disruptive Times: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Rise (and Fall) of the American Empire
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Burkle Center International Career Panel
Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition
Sanctions: What Everyone Needs to Know
Can Russia be Brought to Justice for War Crimes in Ukraine?
When Fighting Becomes an End in Itself: Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: How to Strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter - Keynote Address by Gabriel Boric, President of Chile
Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: Session I - Diagnosing the challenges to democratic governance
Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: Session II - Solutions to the challenges to democracy
The 2021-22 Arnold C. Harberger Lecture on Economic Development with Betsey Stevenson, May 19, 2022
Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
The 2021-22 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms
Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
Student Voices: Is Democracy Falling in Eastern Europe?
The World According to China
Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
Student Voices: Around the World in 90 Minutes
China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
The AUKUS Pact
The 2020-21 Arnold C. Harberger Lecture on Economic Development
After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made
Putin’s Global Ambitions in the Face of a New U.S. Administration
Reimagining U.S. Strategy in the Middle East
The Case of Jamal Khashoggi
The 2020-21 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with CNN's Jake Tapper
Global Trade Policy During a New American Era
A Human Rights Report on Racial Discrimination in the Design and Use of Emerging Digital Technologies
Dr. Fiona Hill on Russia's Role in the 2020 U.S. Election
Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis on California's International Engagement
The Power of Public Diplomacy to Rebuild American Soft Power
Present at the Disruption: Contemplating Trump's Foreign Policy and the Role of the U.S. amid Global Challenges
Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
The 9/11 Era Is Over: The Coronavirus Pandemic and a Chapter of History that Should Have Expired Long Ago
"Man of Tomorrow: The Relentless Life of Jerry Brown"
A Look at U.S. Strategy during COVID-19
"The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era"
The 2019-20 Bernard Brodie Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Joseph Nye
Self-Determination in the 21st Century: The Experience of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
The 2019-20 Arnold C. Harberger Lecture on Economic Development with Emmanuel Saez
Hong Kong 2020: Perspectives on an Ongoing Crisis
"Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century"
Confrontation Between the U.S. and Iran: What Happens Next?
The Evolving Cybersecurity Policy Landscape and How It Impacts You
Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump
Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism
Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet
The Education of an Idealist
Who Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize? Challenges and Reflections about the World's Most Prestigious Award
Why have so few countries taken strong measures to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions?
Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison
The 2018-2019 Arnold C. Harberger Lecture on Economic Development with Paul Romer
The 2018-19 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with Bob Woodward
NextTech: The Future of Technology, Security, and Threats
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"
The Road To Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
Arnold C. Harberger Lecture with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featuring Fareed Zakaria
The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World
Preventive Engagement: How America Can Avoid War, Stay Strong, and Keep the Peace
False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East
The 2016-17 Bernard Brodie Lecture on the Conditions of Peace featuring John Emerson
"The Ideas Industry" Book Talk featuring author Dan Drezner
President Obama's Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Jason Furman, delivered the Arnold C. Harberger Lecture on Economic Development
Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign-affairs columnist: "On Maintaining Intellectual Integrity in the Age of Trump"
Stopping The Next Outbreak – Health Threats Inevitable, But Catastrophes Preventable: An insider's perspective on global health crises and the challenging work of CDC
Challenges for China-U.S. Relations in the Age of Trump: Taiwan, the South China Sea, and International Economic Institutions
Religion and Diplomacy: A Slow but Steady Courtship
Book Talk with Michael Barnett
Do Self-Reporting Regimes Matter? Evidence from the Convention against Torture
Obama’s Drone Legacy Conference: Panel 1
Obama’s Drone Legacy Conference - Panel 2
China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections
The Refugee Crisis: Perspectives on Europe and Beyond
International Career Panel
The European Union at a Crossroads
Brexit: Nice Dream, Bad Awakening
2015-16 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development
Christiane Amanpour, Host of "Amanpour" and Chief International Correspondent, CNN
Next Steps in U.S. and Global Strategy against the Islamic State
"United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists"
A Conversation with Ted Osius, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam and Kirk Wagar, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore
Children's Rights to Protection from Violence, Exploitation, Abuse, and Neglect
"The Diplomat" Film Screening and Panel
Avoiding a Collision Course: Perspectives on Turkey-NATO-Russian relations and the Syria Crisis
Counterterrorism and Conspiracy: Historicizing the Struggle against Terrorism
Transplanting International Courts: The Law and Politics of the Andean Tribunal of Justice
Democratic Transitions: Conversations with World Leaders
A Talk with Refugee Program Director of Human Rights Watch, Bill Frelick
Balancing Security and Individual Rights in the Fight Against Terror
On the Terrorist Attacks in Paris
The Foreign Policy Primary: A Conversation About the 2016 Presidential Race
Fraught Security in Asia: 70 years after WWII
Germany, the Euro, and the Greek Crisis: Where to go from here?
Isolate or Engage: Adversarial States, US Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy
Preventing a Lost Generation of Syrian Children
Understanding the Iran Nuclear Deal: A Panel Discussion
The Challenges of Providing Assistance for Syria
U.S. - Arab Strategic Partnership in the Evolving Regional Security Landscape
International Career Panel
A New Cold War? Russia's New Confrontation with the West
US-Pakistan Relations Re-Envisioned with Amb. Cameron Munter
"Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security"
The Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture presents a Conversation with Leon Panetta, Part of the Luskin Lecture Series
"The New Terrain of International Law: Courts, Politics, Rights"
US-Australian Dialogue: Assessing the Future of the Asia-Pacific
Author James Mann on his new book "George W. Bush"
Q and A with Dr. Rajiv Shah
The 2014-15 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development with Melinda Gates
Don't wait for the next war
China: Age of Ambition
The Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development with Professor Angus Deaton: "The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality"
International Career Panel
The Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture On the Conditions of Peace with Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.: "US-China Relations, Challenges and Opportunities"
Ukraine in Crisis: Revolution and Russian Intervention
2014 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Featuring Ambassador Samantha Power
Stopping the Nuclear Threat from Iran
"The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World"
"Debating the NSA: The Politics of Mass Surveillance"
Territory and Conflict in the East China Sea
"No Exit from Pakistan: America's Tortured Relationship with Islamabad" - Daniel Markey
“Jihadism in the West and the Predicament of Domestic Counter-terrorism” - Jytte Klausen
"Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare" - Juan Zarate
"The Strategy of Connection" with Anne-Marie Slaughter
The Crisis in Syria - a panel discussion with Dalia Dassa-Kaye, Bennett Ramberg and Daniel Treisman
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" UCLA Human Rights Film Series
The Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Ambassador Ryan Crocker: "The Arab Spring and US Interests"
International Career Panel
Arnold C. Harberger Lecture on Economic Development with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University: "What Causes Economic Growth? Two Centuries of Global Evidence"
"Tested by Zion: The Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" with author Elliott Abrams
"Emperor" Starring Matthew Fox and Tommy Lee Jones
Are Signature Strikes Legal? Targeted Killings and International Law
Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush
Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century with Authors Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels
Economic Statecraft: Why Economic Growth is a Critical Foreign Policy Tool, by Under Secretary of State Robert D. Hormats
The U.S. Foreign Service: Behind the Scenes of American Diplomacy
Palestine and the U.N.
Public Support for Global Climate Cooperation
The Crisis in Syria
The Obamians - a conversation with best-selling author James Mann about his new book
The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, a talk by Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations
The Great Recession and Its Aftermath: A Global Overview - a talk by Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University
Nobel Laureate Michael Spence: The Next Convergence: Developing Country Growth and the Transformation of the Global Economy
"No Woman, No Cry" panel discussion
Multitasking in the Middle East: Obama and the Challenges of Israel, Iran, and the Arab Awakening - a talk by Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J-Street
International Online Piracy Panel
Janet Napolitano, US Secretary of Homeland Security
2012 Spring International Career Panel
All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals
Senator George Mitchell delivers the 2012 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture
Nixon in China Conference Opening Remarks and Keynote Address
Nixon in China Conference Panel I
Nixon in China Conference Panel II
The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics
The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West