This week is an International News Forum looking at Brexit (of course!), tariff updates, a Latin America Round Up (Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, and even a mention of Argentina), and a bit on the Israeli election.

We discuss the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure with guest Mr. Ken Stammerman, retired foreign service officer.

Our interview with Carolyn Forché about her amazing memoir What You Have Heard Is True about her experiences in El Salvador leading up to the 12-year civil war. It is a powerful read and gives valuable context for what is happening now in El Salvador that fuels asylum-seeking.

Back to a New Season: Big news of the summer – Hong Kong, tariffs, Brexit, & immigration.

This week we dive into China with Dr. Yu Shen, Professor of History and International Studies at IUS. We discuss the meaning of communism in China today, how global power has shifted between the U.S. and China, as well as recent changes under President Xi.

In this episode we explore disability policy in the international sphere with Dr. Elizabeth Lightfoot, an expert on the subject working out of Romania through a Fulbright scholarship. We apologize for the technical difficulties we experienced in this episode! (Image by Pixabay user Geralt, used under the Pixabay license)

Today we explore the Mueller report, Thai elections, a Brexit update, the situations in Golan Heights and Gaza, as well as lifting sanctions on North Korea. We end with another episode of Passports & Politics: Cuba – Beyond Havana! (Photo by Pixabay user geralt, used under Pixabay license.)

As part of our new occasional series “Passports and Politics,” Cliff shared tips for visiting Cuba beyond Havana (especially Santiago de Cuba) with your mind on political travel. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons user user Cvbr. Used under the Creative Commons Universal Public Domain Dedication license.)

Jean shares tips & some travel experiences about using public transit to get around while on a trip overseas. If political travel is, in part, about experiencing life like a local, a good way to get an introduction is to move through life in the same way as the people in the community you’re visiting. […]