- European Languages at FIU
European Languages Offered at FIU
The Department of Modern Languages at Florida International University offers European courses with undergraduate majors (B.A.) and minors in FRENCH, PORTUGUESE, and SPANISH. Courses are regularly offered in FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, from elementary to advanced levels.
In addition, the Department offers a Master of Arts (M.A.) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Spanish. Modern Languages is also the home of the TRANSLATION & INTERPRETATION Program with two Academic Certificates, one in Translation Studies and one in Legal Translation / Court Interpreting.
For more information on each European language offered, click on the following languages:
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Italian 
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Spanish - European Associations at FIU
European Associations at FIU
French Club and French Society 
Italian Club 
Modern Languages Graduate Students Organization (MLGSO) - David J. Kramer Articles
Discover the latest articles written by David J. Kramer, Director, European & Eurasian Studies Program, and Senior Fellow in the Václav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy, FIU's Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs
FALL 2021
- Dec. 2, 2021: Politico: Opinion | In the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Standing Up to Putin Is Our Only Credible Option by Toomas Hendrik Ilves and David J. Kramer
- Nov. 23, 2021: The Washington Post: Opinion: Biden’s Summit for Democracy shouldn’t be just a photo op by Michael J. Abramowitz and David J. Kramer
- Nov. 12, 2021: The Bulwark-Foreign Affairs: Time for the U.S. and E.U. to Get Tough with Georgia by David J. Kramer
- Sept. 21, 2021: REPRESSION IN BELARUS FOCUS OF UPCOMING HELSINKI COMMISSION HEARING
WASHINGTON—The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today announced the following hearing: SEEKING JUSTICE AND FREEDOM IN BELARUS | Watch live: www.youtube.com/HelsinkiCommission
- Sept. 4, 2021: Politico: Opinion | What I Wish the U.S. Had Done About Putin Years Ago — And What Biden Should Do Now by David J. Kramer
SUMMER 2021
- August 31, 2021: MPR WLRN Miami South Florida: Opinion: Here's How Biden Should Strengthen Ties With Ukraine by William B. Taylor and David J. Kramer
- August 20, 2021: Foreign Policy: Georgia Turns Its Back on the West - The ruling Georgian Dream party is taking Tbilisi into Moscow’s orbit while eroding democratic institutions by Ian Kelly, a U.S. ambassador to Georgia from 2015 to 2018, and David J. Kramer, a senior fellow at Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs.
- August 5, 2021: The Dispatch: Biden’s Meeting With Tsikhanouskaya Boosts Belarusian Democracy by David J. Kramer
- July 22, 2021: The Bulwark: Biden Caves, Gives Putin Another Pipeline to Europe by David J. Kramer and Benjamin Parker
- July 13, 2021: The Bulwark: Right-Wing Violence Threatens Georgian Democracy-Bloody anti-LGBTQ riots have claimed at least one life in the struggling Caucasian country by Besiki Kutateladze and David J. Kramer
- July 6, 2021: Foreign Policy: The West Gets Serious With Lukashenko—but Not Serious Enough by Vlad Kobets and David J. Kramer
- June 25, 2021: The Dispatch: The Biden-Putin Summit Has Opened the Floodgates - A proposal from Germany and France for an EU-Russia meeting threatens to divide the EU - by Eric Edelman and David J. Kramer
- June 22, 2021: American Purpose: Table for Two by David. J. Kramer
- June 14, 2021: The Bulwark: Five Ways Biden Can Get the Most from His Meeting with Putin by Daniel Baer and David J. Kramer
- June 4, 2021: American Purpose: Putin’s Climate Envoy Should Be Persona Non Grata- He’s no climate expert, but he’s a champion when it comes to repression. - by Toomas Hendrik Ilves and David J. Kramer
- May 25, 2021: The Dispatch: How the West Must Handle Lukashenko’s Threat to the International Order by David J. Kramer and Eric Edelman
- May 24, 2021: The Bulwark: Is Biden Going Soft on Putin? by David J. Kramer
- May 13, 2021: The Power Vertical Podcast: Confronting the Axis of Autocrats by David J. Kramer
- May 11, 2021: The Bulwark: Keep One Eye on Xi and the Other on Putin by Daniel Baer and David J. Kramer
- May 6, 2021: House Foreign Affairs Committee - Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission - Hearing on Democracy and Human Rights in Belarus - Statement by David J. Kramer
SPRING 2021
- April 28, 2021: CEPA: Navalny’s Brutal Treatment Is the Rule, Not the Exception by David. J. Kramer
- April 26, 2021: The Bulwark: National Security Relies on Global Democracy by Nicole Bibbins Sedaca and David J. Kramer
- Feb. 26, 2021 : "South Caucasus Struggles: Russia or West?" Interview With David J.Kramer
- Feb. 18, 2021: The Bulwark (Foreign Policy)"What America’s Allies Want and Need to Hear from Biden" by Robert S. Gelbard and David J. Kramer
- Jan. 4, 2021: "American Purpose:"How Democracy Makes America Great" by Arch Puddington & David J. Kramer
FALL 2020
- Dec. 14, 2020: FP (Foreign Policy):"Cracks Appear Among Lukashenko’s Security Forces" by Vlad Kobets & David J. Kramer
- Dec. 9, 2020: The Bulwark: "Pragmatists, Professionals, and Patriots on Biden’s National Security Team" by John B. Bellinger III and David J. Kramer
- Nov. 17, 2020: The Bulwark:"Pompeo Plays Favorites in the Georgia Runoffs" by David J. Kramer
- Nov. 13, 2020: FP (Foreign Policy) "Biden’s Putin Challenge" by David J. Kramer
- Oct. 19, 2020: "Is It Time to Rethink Our Russia Policy?" with David. J. Kramer
- Oct. 1, 2020: Sun Sentinel:"On foreign policy, November’s winner will have his hands full|Opinion" by David J. Kramer & Lindsay Lloyd
- Sept. 24, 2020: "Resilience and Russian Interference: Neutralizing the Kremlin’s Campaign to Dismantle Democracy." with David J. Kramer
- Sept. 2, 2020: George W. Bush Presidential Center: David J. Kramer's Interview on "Belarus Protests and Russia"
- August 31, 2020: BST The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation - A Project of the German Marshall Fund - EPRC: "Transatlantic Relations: From Bad to Worse to What Next?" With David J. Kramer
- August 27, 2020: The Atlantic Council Eurasia Center Podcast: Belarus, What's next? with David J. Kramer
- August 26, 2020: Center for Strategic and International Studies Podcast: A ‘Pause’ in the Belarusian “Democratic Revolution” - Russian Roulette Episode 105 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, and David J. Kramer
SUMMER 2020
- August 22, 2020: Politico: "What Washington Can Do for Belarus" by Vladimir Kobets and David J. Kramer
- August 19, 2020: Institute of Current World Affairs - THE CABLE PODCAST: Revolution in Belarus with David J. Kramer, Franak Viacorka and Vladimir Kobets, and Dan Peleschuk.
- August 14, 2020: New on NBCNews.com:"Trump, Pompeo and the West must unite behind Belarus' people — before it's too late" By Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and David J. Kramer
- August 11, 2020: Magazine Opinion/Backtalk: "No, Now Is Not The Time for Another Russia Reset" by David J. Kramer
- July 30, 2020: Economic Policy Research Center in partnership with George W. Bush Presidential Center held a discussion - "Choose Freedom: Democracy and Human Rights as Key Components of U.S. Foreign Policy" - Moderator David J. Kramer
- July 21, 2020: The Bulwark Hold Fast: "Mike Pompeo Has Given Up Being Secretary of State" by David J. Kramer
- June 26, 2020: George W. Bush Presidential Center : "GLOBAL LEADERSHIP | Updates on Russia" by David J. Kramer
- June 20, 2020: The Bulwark Hold Fast: "Corruption and Coverup in Mike Pompeo’s State Department" by David J. Kramer
- June 15, 2020: EPRC/BST/German Marshall Fund - "The Pandemic Democracy and the United States: Implication for the Black Sea Region" - By David J. Kramer
- June 3, 2020: CEPA: "Baku to the Future" by Richard Kauzlarich and David J. Kramer
- May 21, 2020: The America Interest: "Freedom of Movement Is a Right, Not a Privilege" by Michael J. Abramowitz and David. J. Kramer.
- May 14, 2020: The Hill: The pandemic and human rights: State Department's CUR is not the cure - By John Shattuck, Harold Hongju Koh, David J. Kramer, Michael Posner and Tom Malinowski
- May 8, 2020: RealClear Politics: As Covid Brings New Repression, Democracies Must Push Back - COMMENTARY By Michael J. Abramowitz & David J. Kramer
SPRING 2020
- April 29, 2020: THE CABLE PODCAST: Politics in the pandemic—Russia and Turkey
- April 22, 2020: PARALLELS: Putin, Trump, and the Pandemic
- April 21, 2020: The America Interest:"Lessons from History: The Pandemic and a Free Press" by Arch Puddington & David J. Kramer
- April 14, 2020: Reflections from the U.S. on Georgia and the Pandemic
- February 22, 2020: “30 Years Later: Have We Learned Any Lessons?” (with Martin Palous), The American Interest
- January 29, 2020: New Eastern Europe: A renewed strategic dialogue with Russia? A debate
FALL 2019
- Nov. 14, 2019: The US and Turkey: Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC
- Oct. 11, 2019:DEMOCRACY WATCH: As the World Marches for Freedom, Where is Trump?
- Sept. 24, 2019: Fallout: It’s Ukraine That Loses in Whistleblower-Gate
- Sept. 19, 2019: “In Georgia, friends of the West are suddenly under fire,” Washington Post
- August 27, 2019: “Trump wants Russia to join the G-7. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea,” Washington Post
- Dec. 2, 2021: Politico: Opinion | In the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Standing Up to Putin Is Our Only Credible Option by Toomas Hendrik Ilves and David J. Kramer