Recent Media

The Barn Owl Project: An Ecological Solution in Agriculture for Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians

This event is part of the Center's series "Scientific and Environmental Diplomacy." Professor Yossi Leshem discusses his highly successful environmental project that has helped connect people in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan around a joint agricultural initiative.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

What Does the U.S. Invasion Mean for Venezuela and the Region?

Dorothy Kronick, Associate Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley

Burkle Center for International Relations

Webinar on the COP 30 Climate Conference in Belém

This panel examined the outcome of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30), which brought over 56,000 delegates to the Amazonian city of Belém. Each of our panelists, who come from a range of academic disciplines and activist groups, offered a unique perspective and long experience with climate dialogues, COPs, and climate politics.

Center for Brazilian Studies

Is the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Verge of Collapse? If So, What Next?

On January 15, 2026, Senior Director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' Iran Program, Behnam Ben Taleblu, discussed the growing protests in Iran against the current regime.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

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Excavating Tell Shaddud: Archaeology's Enduring Value for Understanding the Land and its People

An in-person talk at UCLA by Professor William Schniedewind, who discussed the significance of the archaeological findings at Tell Shaddud.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

On Strategists and Strategy: A Conversation with Sir Lawrence Freedman

A moderated discussion with Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London, one of the world's foremost scholars of warfare.

Center for European and Russian Studies

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Discussion with Amir Tibon on The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue

On November 19, 2025, the Center hosted an on-campus screening of "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue," which was followed by a discussion with Amir Tibon, whose family's story of terror and rescue on October 7 is retold in the film.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

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

Burkle Center for International Relations

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The 30th Anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination, and the Reverberations Today

An online discussion with Itamar Rabinovich—former Israeli Ambassador to the United States and Yitzhak Rabin's biographer—about Rabin's life and legacy, and the impact that his tragic assassination left on the world.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

Public Health Management and Mass Trauma Events: The Israeli Experience

On October 20, 2025, the Center was honored to host in person Brigadier General (ret.) Dr. Chezy Levy, the former Surgeon General of the Israel Defense Forces and former Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Health.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

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Prospects for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Lessons from Oslo & Trump's 20-Point Plan

A discussion with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority Nasser Al-Kidwa about the prospects for peace today.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

Art in Places of Worship in the Middle East and Southeast Asia

This K-12 teacher institute, featuring two art historians, provided educators with an opportunity to learn more about the cultures and histories of these two world regions through their religious spaces and places of worship.