Podcasts for the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations

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.

Judicial Territory: Law, Capital and the Expansion of American Empire

Shaina Potts, Associate Professor, Geography and Global Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

05-30
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Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict

Eric Min, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles

05-10
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Defending Democracy: The German Approach

Ronen Steinke, journalist, author, legal scholar, 2025 Thomas Mann Fellow

05-06
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Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare

Edward Fishman, Sr. Research Scholar, Center Global Energy Policy andamp; Adj Professor, SIPA, Columbia University

04-09
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The 2024-25 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development

Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics andamp; Professor at MIT Sloan

04-04
01:12:13

The 2024-25 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

Haviv Rettig Gur, Journalist and Senior Analyst at The Times of Israel

03-17
01:14:04

Carbon Politics, American Power, and the Almighty Dollar

Mark Blyth, William R. Rhodes ’57 Prof International Economics andamp; Acting Director, Climate Solutions Lab

02-25
01:20:06

Under the Nuclear Shadow: China's Information-Age Weapons in International Security

Fiona Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

02-07
01:03:44

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

01-30
54:00

When the Bombs Stopped: The Legacy of War in Rural Cambodia

Erin Lin, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University

11-26
01:00:31

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

11-14
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Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition

Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University

10-29
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At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China

Edward Wong, diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times

10-17
01:11:33

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.

09-25
01:03:09

The 2023-24 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

Steven Pinker, Award-winning Author and Experimental Psychologist, Harvard University

06-03
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Careers in a Globalizing World: An International Career Panel

Gain insight and learn to prepare for various professions in the international arena.

04-15
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Responding to Geopolitical Threats: The EU Expands its Role

Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Ghent University, Belgium.

04-12
01:22:10

Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

Abraham Newman, Professor in the Foreign Service and Government Departments, Georgetown University

03-13
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