As American forces hand off control to the Afghan National Army and state police, women, as half of the population, should have an equal role in the transition process that will define society and politics to a significant degree. However, Afghan wo...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore is a senior IR concentrator with a focus in Latin America. Her semester abroad in Cuba fuels her research interests in political symbolism, military anthropology, and diplomacy. She has also explored issues of HIV and public health during an internship with UNICEF last summer. She enjoys writing creative nonfiction and salsa dancing in her free time.
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As American forces hand off control to the Afghan National Army and state police, women, as half of the population, should have an equal role in the transition process that will define society and politics to a significant degree. However, Afghan wo...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Movies about the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars are scarce when compared to the volume of World War I and II and Vietnam-era films. The ones that are have received a smaller reception (The Messenger, Brothers, Green Zone, Body of Lies), with a few excepti...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Movies about the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars are scarce when compared to the volume of World War I and II and Vietnam-era films. The ones that are have received a smaller reception (The Messenger, Brothers, Green Zone, Body of Lies), with a few excepti...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
December 17, 2014: the day President Obama ended the 53-year suspension of diplomatic relations with Cuba, that tiny Caribbean island of rum, sun and Chevys. Like a shot heard ‘round the world, the national and international media went wild. The re...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
December 17, 2014: the day President Obama ended the 53-year suspension of diplomatic relations with Cuba, that tiny Caribbean island of rum, sun and Chevys. Like a shot heard ‘round the world, the national and international media went wild. The re...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
As the United States’ military involvement in Afghanistan and, to some extent, Iraq comes to an end, a new dynamic is forming between veterans and civilians. The emerging military-civilian divide in the United States is exacerbated by disparate com...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
As the United States’ military involvement in Afghanistan and, to some extent, Iraq comes to an end, a new dynamic is forming between veterans and civilians. The emerging military-civilian divide in the United States is exacerbated by disparate com...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Two days after The New York Times published an article detailing the repeated attempts of Cubans to reach the United States, the newspaper’s Editorial Board wrote an editorial arguing that President Obama should end the embargo on Cuba. As the news...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Two days after The New York Times published an article detailing the repeated attempts of Cubans to reach the United States, the newspaper’s Editorial Board wrote an editorial arguing that President Obama should end the embargo on Cuba. As the news...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
“First letter of Cuba, is an open letter [sic] / Born in Miami, right on time / Scarface, El Mariel, Cuban crime [sic] / Here’s the freedom we ride for, here’s the freedom we die for / C-u-b-a hope to see you free one day.” So states Pitbull ...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
“First letter of Cuba, is an open letter [sic] / Born in Miami, right on time / Scarface, El Mariel, Cuban crime [sic] / Here’s the freedom we ride for, here’s the freedom we die for / C-u-b-a hope to see you free one day.” So states Pitbull ...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Full Figure Fashion Week has been held in New York City since 2009. Nevertheless, it has had minimal bearing on American society despite an average dress size of 14. FFF Week seeks to revamp the plus size sections of department stores and malls to pr...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Full Figure Fashion Week has been held in New York City since 2009. Nevertheless, it has had minimal bearing on American society despite an average dress size of 14. FFF Week seeks to revamp the plus size sections of department stores and malls to pr...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
The physical evolution of Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft. Recently, the release of Assassin’s Creed: Unity by Ubisoft has again sparked critique and criticism relating to the role of women in video games. The game has “no playable characters that are...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
The physical evolution of Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft. Recently, the release of Assassin’s Creed: Unity by Ubisoft has again sparked critique and criticism relating to the role of women in video games. The game has “no playable characters that are...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Mariela Castro is both advocate and propaganda machine. Regardless, her efforts towards the LGBTI movement have been derided by some as superficial. A pioneer in the region, Cuba has begun to add to its list of internal advancements LGBTI rights; the...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Mariela Castro is both advocate and propaganda machine. Regardless, her efforts towards the LGBTI movement have been derided by some as superficial. A pioneer in the region, Cuba has begun to add to its list of internal advancements LGBTI rights; the...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Among Havana’s 1950s cars, bikes and motorcycle sidecars, one occasionally hears the roll and smash of skateboards, a mix of Cuban and international — frequently American — influences. In Cuba, they are known as “patinadores” although their...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
Among Havana’s 1950s cars, bikes and motorcycle sidecars, one occasionally hears the roll and smash of skateboards, a mix of Cuban and international — frequently American — influences. In Cuba, they are known as “patinadores” although their...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
A state-subsidized “agro.” “No es fácil” – it isn’t easy – is the go-to phrase Cubans use to explain just about any life difficulty. Unseen by most people visiting the island, the two-currency system imposed by the Cuban govern...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
A state-subsidized “agro.” “No es fácil” – it isn’t easy – is the go-to phrase Cubans use to explain just about any life difficulty. Unseen by most people visiting the island, the two-currency system imposed by the Cuban govern...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
It is impossible to analyze Cuba’s political moves without also mentioning the United States’ reaction. Since the 1959 revolution, the United States has had a tendency to define its international policy directly at odds with Cuba’s. This held t...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore
It is impossible to analyze Cuba’s political moves without also mentioning the United States’ reaction. Since the 1959 revolution, the United States has had a tendency to define its international policy directly at odds with Cuba’s. This held t...
Emma Moore
Emma Moore