Where Does the Ukraine Invasion Go from Here. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor of Pacific Forum, helps us understand the larger implications of Prigozhin’s rebellion, the probable nature of the settlement agreement made between Prigozhin, Putin and Lukashenko acting as peace broker, the […]
What Can Taiwan Learn from Ukraine (Global Connections)
Ukraine’s Resistance is an Encouragement. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor at Pacific Forum, helps us understand the connection between Taiwan and Ukraine. Taking a page out of the recent 60 MInutes segment, Taiwan could be under attack by China any time. Is it […]
Taking Stock of the Future for Ukraine (Global Connections)
And What Does that Future Depend on. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor to Pacific Forum, helps us understand the status and condition of Ukraine now a year after the Russian invasion. Where does Ukraine stand, where does Russia stand, where does the US […]
China and the US-China Tensions (Global Connections)
How Can we Tell Who’s Winning. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor at Pacific Forum, helps us understand the developing tensions between the US and China, including the DOD’s new expansion into the Philippines, the Chinese surveillance balloon, the cancellation of Anthony Blinken’s diplomatic […]
China and the US-China Tensions (Global Connections)
How Can we Tell Who’s Winning. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor at Pacific Forum, helps us understand the developing tensions between the US and China, including the DOD’s new expansion into the Philippines, the Chinese surveillance balloon, the cancellation of Anthony Blinken’s diplomatic […]
Current Prospects for Ukraine (Global Connections)
A Short War Now Going into its 9th Month. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor at Pacific Forum, helps us understand the changing prospects of the Russian invasion into Ukraine, considering political changes in the EU, the UK and the United States, the effects […]
US Engagement in Pacific Island Countries (Global Connections)
Growing Concern Regarding Chinese Influence. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. A discussion of the denial of the Solomon Islands to allow a US Coast Guard cutter to make a port call there. What are the implications and content of that port call and that denial, and generally […]
The Global Effects of Putin’s War on Ukraine (Global Connections)
Let us Count at Least Some of the Ways. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor of Pacific Forum, helps us understand the global effects of Putin’s continuing. unilateral war crimes war against Ukraine, including its economic, social, political and geopolitical effects on the rest […]
The Covid Resurgence and the Chinese Economy (Global Connections)
Maybe They Have Not Handled it so Well. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. The resurgence of covid in Shanghai and elsewhere in China has been mt with an aggressive response by the government, and that in turn has been met by an angry response by the people. […]
Xi Jin-ping’s Strategy in Supporting Putin’s War (Global Connections)
How Valuable is his Relationship with Russia. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor of Pacific Forum, will help us understand recent events and strategies in China, including Xi Jinping’s continuing support for Putin and Russia, and the troubles about China’s current covid lockdown, with […]