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Join MS in Intelligence Analysis program director Michael Ard as he hosts Frank Mora for a discussion on mounting geopolitical tensions between the United States and Venezuela and the country’s deepening ties with Russia and China.
Mora is Senior Research Scientist at the Jack D. Gordon Institute of Public Policy and a professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University. Former U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States, he served as director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at FIU. He also served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere.
Mora has spent the last 20 years as a consultant to the Library of Congress, the Institute for National Security Studies, the National Democratic Institute, the U.S. State Department, the Organization of American States, and U.S. Southern Command. He received his PhD in international affairs and an MA in inter-American studies from the University of Miami and earned his BA in international affairs from The George Washington University.
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Join MS in Intelligence Analysis program director Michael Ard as he hosts Frank Mora for a discussion on mounting geopolitical tensions between the United States and Venezuela and the country’s deepening ties with Russia and China.
Mora is Senior Research Scientist at the Jack D. Gordon Institute of Public Policy and a professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University. Former U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States, he served as director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at FIU. He also served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere.
Mora has spent the last 20 years as a consultant to the Library of Congress, the Institute for National Security Studies, the National Democratic Institute, the U.S. State Department, the Organization of American States, and U.S. Southern Command. He received his PhD in international affairs and an MA in inter-American studies from the University of Miami and earned his BA in international affairs from The George Washington University.
Learn more about the MS in Inside Intelligence program: https://advanced.jhu.edu/academics/graduate/ms-intelligence-analysis/
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https://advanced.jhu.edu/about/aap-events/events-newsletter/
