Should the US Pay More Attention. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, geopolitical analyst, help us understand what is happening in Africa and why so many leaders and countries have essentially forgotten about it. In spite of having 54 countries, why is the African element […]
The Implications of the Elections in Taiwan (Global Connections)
How will this Affect Taiwan, China and the US. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor of Pacific Forum, helps us understand the implications of the last week’s elections in Taiwan, and the election of Lai Ching-te as president. Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic […]
Rest and Recuperation (KwokTalk: Breaking Boundaries)
Military and the Woman’s Body WWII. The host for this show is Crystal Kwok. The guest is Zach Fredman. Focusing on Taiwan, examining how sex tourism developed through R&R, military providing ‘comfort’ for soldier morale, the sexualization of Asian women. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6k-ynFpwaXt33MGAyHzUenc Please visit our ThinkTech website at […]
Not a World War but a World at War (Global Correlations)
A Dramatic Increase in Conflicts Around the World. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor to Pacific Forum, helps us review the dramatic increase in conflict around the world. Paul Poast, who wrote about this in the Atlantic, calls it ‘Not a World War But […]
Have we Completely Forgotten About Ukraine (Keeping the World Company)
Where is this all Going to Take us. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Our panel discusses why we have shifted our attention to the Middle East and don’t talk about Ukraine anymore. Are there connections? Russia is a player both places. The Biden administration […]
How Can America Make Peace in the Middle-East (Global Connections)
Developing American Policy in a Chaotic Framework. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor of Pacific Forum, and a career expert in American Foreign Policy, helps us analyze the challenges and the national and global risks of developing and implementing Foreign Policy to address the […]
China Continues to Provoke Filipino Shipping (Global Connections)
The US and the World Should be Watching. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Karla S Cruz. This past week, while the Philippine resupply vessel Unaiza was conducting a routine Rotation and Resupply mission to the supply ship Sierra Madre, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel engaged in dangerous blocking maneuvers, […]
The Philippines v. China in the South China Sea (Global Connections)
How will this National. Security Game Play Out. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Karla Cruz. Karla Cruz, Senior Security Analyst in the Philippines, helps us understand the current contention between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea, how and why it came about, and how it is […]
Understanding Xi Jinping’s Vision and Agenda (Keeping the World Company)
What is in Store for China’s Global Expansion. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Jean Rosenfeld, historian and independent scholar, helps us understand Xi Jinping’s agenda and his autocratic, economic and territorial aspirations for the future of China, and the drivers, factors and precedents that keep him in […]
China is a Moving Target These Days (Keeping the World Company)
We Have to Keep Track of all the Changes. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor of Pacific Forum, helps us understand all the things that have been happening in and with China, including the the effects of the covid epidemic; problems in the Chinese […]