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March 18, 2015

Japan
Frank Mondelli: Can Recent Social Unrest Be Resolved in Okinawa’s Base Problem?

Frank Mondelli graduated from Swarthmore College in 2014 and is currently a Fulbright Fellow in Okinawa, Japan. Seventy years into the postwar era, Okinawa is still grappling with the issues stemmin…

Protesters shout slogans during a rally against the relocation of a U.S. military base, in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office building, in Naha on the Japanese southern islands of Okinawa, in this photo taken by Kyodo December 27, 2013. Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima approved on Friday landfill work for the relocation of the U.S. military's Futenma air base within his prefecture, going back on his pledge to move the base out of Okinawa, Kyodo news reported. The banner reads, "No recognit

April 8, 2024

LGBTQ+
How (Not) to Talk About Sex in Africa

It is time the LGBTQ+ coalition changed its strategy on the continent.

Somone holds up a pride fan with rainbow colors.

April 12, 2024

China
China’s New Currency Peg

The peg that shall not be named, and all the trouble that creates.

China’s New Currency Peg

March 8, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Joe Biden Makes the Case for Ukraine Aid

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: President Joe Biden used his State of the Union Address to urge Congress to provide military aid to…

Biden SOTU

June 21, 2019

Venezuela
Stabilizing Venezuela: Preparing for the Day After

Frank O. Mora is director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center and professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University. There seems to be no …

Opposition supporters unload humanitarian aid from a truck that was set on fire after clashes between opposition supporters and Venezuela's security forces February 2019

May 16, 2011

China
Rising FDI in Latin America

Plans for a $340 million overhaul of Rio de Janeiro's iconic Maracana stadium are among those behind schedule for the World Cup (Sergio Moraes / Courtesy Reuters). The UN Economic Commission for Lat…

Plans for a $340 million overhaul of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium are among those most behind schedule for the World Cup, yet to be bid out to construction companies (Sergio Moraes / Courtesy Reuters).