Frank O. Mora
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Frank O. Mora, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of International Studies and J.S. Seidman Research Fellow at Rhodes College since 1994. He received his B.A. from The George Washington University (1987) and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Miami (1993). He is the author of several works on Latin American democratization and civil society, U.S.-Latin American relations, drug trafficking in the Americas, Paraguayan politics and foreign policy, and Cuban civil-military relations. His work has been published in such academic journals as the Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Third World Quarterly, Foro Internacional (Mexico), and Airpower Journal. In 1999 Professor Mora published an article titled, “From Fidelismo to Raulismo: Civilian Control of the Military in Cuba,” that was published in Problems of Post-Communism. Presently, Dr. Mora is editing a special issue of Problems of Post-Communism on Cuban politics and society since the end of the Cold War that will be published in early-2001. Professor Mora has worked as a consultant for the U.S. Air Force, National Democratic Institute, and the Division of Inter-American Affairs of the U.S Department of Defense. Professor Mora has appeared on several national and international media outlets, including Radio Marti and CBS Telenoticias.