I’ve recently written a few articles for The Rio Times, a newspaper in Brazil printed in the English language. I will continue to write for the newspaper from time to time as I can fit it into my busy life schedule. Here are links to these articles along with their abstracts: Developments in Brazil Energy...
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Tags: Angra 3, boom and bust in Brazil, Brazil, Brazil energy sector, Brazilian nuclear power, China-Tibet conflict, Elektro, fora Bush, Iberdrola, imobilário en Brasil, imóveis no Brasil, journalism, PAC, PAC2, Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento, property bubble in Brazil, protest in Sao Paulo, real estate bubble in Brazil, riot in Sao Paulo in 2008
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International Trade & Business: BrazilTradeNet – Brazil’s Trade and Investment Promotion Department – an arm of Itamaraty ApexBrasil (Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportadores e Investimentos) – Brazil’s Trade and Investment Promotion Agency SECEX (Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil) – Brazil’s federal government agency responsible for administration of taxes and customs control ComprasNet...
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If you study Portuguese or Spanish and international relations (or related fields) this list could be of great use – especially if you are studying abroad and the host language is not your own. My methodology consisted of taking the glossary of terms from a slightly older version of this textbook and translating the terms one-by-one from...
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Tags: economic terms, international relations terms, international relations terms in Portuguese, international relations terms in Spanish, political science terms, political science terms in Portuguese, political science terms in Spanish, Portuguese vocabulary, Spanish vocabulary, subject-specific vocabulary, términos de ciencia política, términos de economía, términos de relaciones internacionales, termos das relações internacionais, termos de ciência política, termos de economia
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These collections of videos explain game theory – a game in which you can strategize your best move for a desired outcome. This two or more person game also evaluates your opponent’s move and how you can map both players’ corresponding outcomes mathematically. Once you have a firm understanding of how this works you...
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Tags: A Beautiful Mind, British institutions, decision making, Friedrich von Hayek, game theory, human behavior, John Forbes Nash, Michael Anuzis, Nash equilibrium, prisoner's dilemma, R D Laing, Russel Crowe, Yale YouTube, YaleCourses
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What conditions make war more likely? War, in the past few centuries, has been conducted primarily by nation-states. To understand nation-states and their actions, one must understand the fundamental elements which influence actions. State actors reflect individual actors; whether these individuals be a prime minister, secretary of state, king, or chairman of a central...
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Tags: Al-Qaeda, borders, Export Control Act, geopolitics, human nature, Iraq war, peace, Pearl Harbor, Rwanda, state actors, strategies of war, Suez War, The Next 100 Years, United Nations, War
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It’s about time I post something funny again. This video about outsourcing had me rolling.
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Tags: cheap labor, India, office humor, offshoring, outsourcing, Pakistan, sweat shops, the onion
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I’ve recently released two of my research projects to the public. While studying international relations and Latin American studies in college, I largely concentrated much on Brazil instead of Latin America as a whole. I received a bit of ridicule about that at my university. So I ask the question: Why focus so much...
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Tags: Brazil, Brazil history, Brazilian culture, Brazilian immigration, CIA, Economics, ethanol industry, international relations, Petrobras, political science, Portuguese language, South America, sugarcane
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