Podcasts for the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations
This podcast features recordings of public lectures hosted by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. The talks cover contemporary global issues, including US foreign policy, international security, and economic affairs. Scholars, policymakers, and experts discuss the role of the United States in the world.
Episodes
2025-26 Burkle Center International Career Panel
Dr. Richard Downie, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Pacific Council on International Policy;
Kristin Ghazarians, Associate Director of the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force;
Jim Newton, veteran journalist, author and teacher
The 2025-26 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace
Ambassador Eric Garcetti, 26th United States Ambassador to India and 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles
Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder
Ambassador Michael McFaul, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014) and Ken Oliver and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies in Political Science at Stanford University
The 2025-26 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development
Kenneth Rogoff, Maurits C. Boas Professor at Harvard University and former chief economist, IMF
Student Voices: Politics and Power in International Law
If power determines law, what does that mean for the rules-based international order?
What Does the U.S. Invasion Mean for Venezuela and the Region?
Dorothy Kronick, Associate Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Making Bribery Profitable Again? The Market Effects of Halting Extraterritorial Accountability for Overseas Bribery
Edmund Malesky, Professor of Political Economy at Duke University and Scientific Director of VinUniversity Green-X Research Center
The 2024-25 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace: "The Small States Club: How Small Smart States Can Save the World"
H.E. Armen Sarkissian, Former President of the Republic of Armenia
Judicial Territory: Law, Capital and the Expansion of American Empire
Shaina Potts, Associate Professor, Geography and Global Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict
Eric Min, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
Defending Democracy: The German Approach
Ronen Steinke, journalist, author, legal scholar, 2025 Thomas Mann Fellow
Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
Edward Fishman, Sr. Research Scholar, Center Global Energy Policy andamp; Adj Professor, SIPA, Columbia University
The 2024-25 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development
Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics andamp; Professor at MIT Sloan
The 2024-25 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
Haviv Rettig Gur, Journalist and Senior Analyst at The Times of Israel
Carbon Politics, American Power, and the Almighty Dollar
Mark Blyth, William R. Rhodes ’57 Prof International Economics andamp; Acting Director, Climate Solutions Lab
Under the Nuclear Shadow: China's Information-Age Weapons in International Security
Fiona Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
The Gaza Ceasefire: An Assessment
Dr. Dalia Dassa Kaye, Burkle Center Senior Fellow and Prof. Dov Waxman, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair of Israel Studies and Professor of Political Science, UCLA
When the Bombs Stopped: The Legacy of War in Rural Cambodia
Erin Lin, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University
States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security
Joshua W. Busby, Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin
Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition
Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University
What Moves an Electorate? Political Narratives in a Polarized World
At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China
Edward Wong, diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times
A Conversation with Josh Paul, former Director of the U.S. State Departments Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Hear insights on U.S.-Israel alliance and the landscape of U.S. security cooperation.
The 2023-24 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
Steven Pinker, Award-winning Author and Experimental Psychologist, Harvard University
Careers in a Globalizing World: An International Career Panel
Gain insight and learn to prepare for various professions in the international arena.
Responding to Geopolitical Threats: The EU Expands its Role
Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Ghent University, Belgium.
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
Abraham Newman, Professor in the Foreign Service and Government Departments, Georgetown University
Conflict and Resolution: An Irish Perspective
Join us for an insightful conversation with Amb. Geraldine Byrne Nason.
The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works—and When It Backfires
Rochelle Terman, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence
Dr. Anita Gohdes, Professor of International and Cyber Security at the Hertie School, Berlin
The 2023-24 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development
Baroness Dambisa Moyo, economist,andnbsp;best-selling author, andandnbsp;member of the British Parliament
Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought
Tejas Parasher, Assistant Professor of Political Theory, UCLA
Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
with special guest Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles
And Then What? Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy
Baroness Catherine Ashton, former European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs andamp; Security Policy
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
Stuart Reid, executive editor at Foreign Affairs Magazine
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage
Philippe Sands, Professor of Law at the University of London
The 2023-24 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace
Sanna Marin, Former Prime Minister of Finland
The 2022-23 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace
Luis Moreno Ocampo, First Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Beyond Populism and Liberal Institutions: Pueblos’ Defense of Grounded Communities as Planetary Democracy
A discussion with Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Professor of Political Science, Haverford College
The Suffragist Peace: How Women Shape the Politics of War
A book talk with Robert Trager, Professor of Political Science, UCLA
Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections
Featuring Sarah Bush, Assoc. Prof., Yale and Lauren Prather, Assoc. Prof., UCSD
Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance
A book talk with Didac Queralt, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University
The 2022-23 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
A discussion with Garry Kasparov, Russian pro-democracy leader and former world chess champion
Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise
A book talk with Susan Shirk, Research Prof. and Chair, 21st Century China Center, UCSD
The Bankers' Blacklist: Unofficial Market Enforcement and the Global Fight Against Illicit Financing
A book talk with Julia Morse, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Santa Barbara
The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire
A book talk with Kal Raustiala, Burkle Center Director and Prof. of Law, UCLA
Dissent in Disruptive Times: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Rise (and Fall) of the American Empire
A discussion with Zachariah Mampilly, Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs, CUNY
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
A book talk with Chris Miller, Assoc. Professor of International History, Fletcher School, Tufts University
Burkle Center International Career Panel
Join us once again in person!
Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition
A book talk with Mark Schrad, Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
Sanctions: What Everyone Needs to Know
A book talk with Bruce Jentleson, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Duke University
Can Russia be Brought to Justice for War Crimes in Ukraine?
In-person/Webinar: An event featuring experts in human rights law and Russia
When Fighting Becomes an End in Itself: Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A book talk with Jason Stearns, Director of the Congo Research Group, NYU
Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: How to Strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter - Keynote Address by Gabriel Boric, President of Chile
A side event to the IX Summit of the Americas.
Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: Session I - Diagnosing the challenges to democratic governance
A side event to the IX Summit of the Americas.
Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: Session II - Solutions to the challenges to democracy
A side event to the IX Summit of the Americas.
The 2021-22 Arnold C. Harberger Lecture on Economic Development with Betsey Stevenson, May 19, 2022
Betsey Stevenson, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of Michigan.
Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
A book talk with Daniel Treisman, Professor of Political Science, UCLA
The 2021-22 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher, filmmaker, activist, and author.
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms
A book talk on the history and future of American intelligence with Amy Zegart
Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
A book talk with Ambassador Martin Indyk
Student Voices: Is Democracy Falling in Eastern Europe?
A discussion with journalist Mark Temnycky on authoritarian trends in Eastern Europe.
The World According to China
A book talk with Elizabeth C. Economy, Senior Advisor (for China), U.S. Department of Commerce
Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
A book talk with Spencer Ackerman, author andamp; Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporter
Student Voices: Around the World in 90 Minutes
A panel discussion about cultural exchange with UCLA students andamp; faculty
China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
A book talk with Peter Martin, author and defense policy and intelligence reporter at Bloomberg
The AUKUS Pact
Debating the effect of the new Indo-Pacific security alliance and impact on regional calculations
The 2020-21 Arnold C. Harberger Lecture on Economic Development
Carmen Reinhart, Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank Group
After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made
A book talk with Ben Rhodes, author and advisor to former President Barack Obama
Putin’s Global Ambitions in the Face of a New U.S. Administration
A panel discussion with political scientists and Russia experts Kathryn Stoner and Daniel Treisman
Reimagining U.S. Strategy in the Middle East
Dalia Dassa Kaye and Jeff Martini of RAND re-envision U.S. policy in the Middle East
The Case of Jamal Khashoggi
The implications for freedom of speech, human rights, and U.S.-Saudi relations
The 2020-21 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with CNN's Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper is CNN's chief Washington correspondent and host of "The Lead with Jake Tapper"
Global Trade Policy During a New American Era
Jennifer Hillman is a former member of the WTO Appellate Body and CFR Sr. Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy
A Human Rights Report on Racial Discrimination in the Design and Use of Emerging Digital Technologies
E. Tendayi Achiume is UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance and Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Dr. Fiona Hill on Russia's Role in the 2020 U.S. Election
A conversation featuring Dr. Fiona Hill, Sr. Fellow at the Brookings Institution, former National Security Council member and leading expert on Russia and its modern leadership
Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis on California's International Engagement
A conversation with Eleni Kounalakis, Lt. Governor of California
The Power of Public Diplomacy to Rebuild American Soft Power
A conversation with Karen Richardson, former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. State Department
Present at the Disruption: Contemplating Trump's Foreign Policy and the Role of the U.S. amid Global Challenges
A conversation with Dr. Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations
Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
A book talk with Peter W. Singer, strategist, author, and Senior Fellow at New America
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