Andres Davila | News Director Following a re-emergence of the immigration debate in the United States, FIU’s Office of Global Learning Initiatives dedicated Oct. 17, Tuesday’s Time Roundtable to the patterns and motivations of global migration. Marcie Washington, a politics and international relations professor, addressed the definition of global migration and its impacts on migrants. […]
Diego Diaz / Staff Writer FIU’s Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA) was recognized as a member of the prestigious Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). This signifies the first time a Florida university has ever been accepted into the association. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg announced the milestone […]
Lara Coiro & Diego Diaz / Staff Writers On May 21 at around 2 a.m., a ceasefire concluded 11 days of brutal conflict between Israel and Hamas, an Islamic militant organization. The deal was arranged with the assistance of Egypt, after the international community witnessed the most violence between Israel and Gaza in years. In […]
Andrew Dias | Senior – Communication Arts | adias003@fiu.edu Let’s consider two instances: In Country A, there is an official government that outlaws a specific drug because it is a threat to public health. A percentage of that country’s population makes a living by producing and exporting the drug. The country is very poor, so […]
Mariella Roque/ Staff Writer Last November, the United Nations upgraded Palestine’s “permanent observer” status to “non-member observer state”, allowing Palestine to take part in U.N. meetings and debates, and more importantly, indirectly suggesting that the world body now recognizes Palestine’s statehood. “It’s not the first time the U.N. has done this,” said Murat Altuglu, professor […]
