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WHAT:
Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will deliver the annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace, sponsored by the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA. The title of his talk is "The Challenges of the Broader Middle East."
WHO:
Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
WHEN:
Noon on Tuesday, May 6
WHERE:
James West Alumni Center, UCLA campus
BACKGROUND:
Appointed U.S. ambassador to the UN in March 2007, Khalilzad was previously U.S. ambassador to Iraq (2005–07) and to Afghanistan (2003–05) under President George W. Bush. During the 1980s and early 1990s, he served in positions at the State Dept. and Defense Dept. and in 1993 joined the RAND Corp., where he founded the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and led the Strategy, Doctrine and Force Structure program. In 2001, he was appointed special assistant to President Bush and senior director for Southwest Asia, Near East and North African affairs at the National Security Council. In 2002, Khalilzad was named the Bush administration's envoy for Iraqi politics and played a key role in efforts to assemble a new Iraqi government after the U.S.-led invasion.
The Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace, established in 1980 in honor of the eminent American strategist, scholar and teacher, provides a public forum for dignitaries and scholars of politics, strategy, warfare and peace. Past lecturers have included Jimmy Carter, Warren Christopher, William Perry and Thomas Schelling.
R.S.V.P.
The event is free and open to the public. Members of the public wishing to attend should R.S.V.P. to burkle@international.ucla.edu. (This does not guarantee entry; early arrival is encouraged.)
MEDIA CONTACT:
Elizabeth Kivowitz, UCLA Office of Media Relations, 310-206-1458
