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ISIS is forcing a 'moment of truth'

Gen. Wesley Clark, senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, says the U.S. response to the ISIS threat in the Middle East must combine diplomatic and economic assistance to our allies, with a more limited military commitment.

A year of living fearlessly

UCLA public policy alumna Snejana Daily spent a year traveling the world to tell the stories of people facing challenges across the globe in a 10-part series currently airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Her commitment to nonprofit work was strengthened after she suffered the loss of her husband in Iraq.

Voices: The variable fates of former Soviet nations

As the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's demise approaches, UCLA political scientist Daniel Treisman evaluates how former Soviet bloc countries have fared in post-communism Eastern Europe.

Archiving genocide in Cambodia

UCLA information studies professor Michelle Caswell’s new book examines the ethical questions of archiving and displaying documentation of human rights violations and atrocities.

She helps tell little-known story of Jewish refugees in Shanghai

An exhibit currently on view through Dec. 14 at UCLA Hillel tells the story of more than 20,000 Jewish men, women, and children who were shielded from persecution and death in the Holocaust by living in a "Designated Area for Stateless Refugees," a...

Music as a bridge for Middle East peace

Can music create a connection that years of politics and diplomacy have failed to build? Faculty and students at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music think that music can build such a bridge.
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