What Are the Causes and Factors in Play. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and Alexander H.E. Morawa. Our panel examines the remarkable growth in the rise of autocrats and autocratic governments around the world, including China, Russia, Hungary and so many other places in […]
The Belt & Road Initiative in the Pacific Islands (Global Connections)
How will the Games Affect Local Athletes. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Chris Cottrell. Christopher Cottrell is an Indo-Pacific focused editor based out of Bangkok but presently in Suva, Fiji covering the current Fiji elections and South Pacific affairs. 1. He discusses his reporting in China and how Xi’s […]
HK Business Integrity and Transparency Act (Global Connections)
What will this Bill Do for Hong Kong. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Michael Davis and Samuel Chu. Our panel discuss the Hong Kong Business Integrity and Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress in late August, 2022, and what effects it will have on Hong Kong. Our […]
Greg Hugh, China Insight (A Nation of Immigrants)
Be in Harmony yet be Different. The host for this show is Chang Wang. The guest is Greg Hugh. Gregory Hugh grew up in the humble circumstances of Chicago’s Chinatown ethnic enclave and moved to Minnesota in 1969. He went on to found China Insight in 2001, which is the only English-language American newspaper to […]
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 […]
What Happens if Trump Leaves the Political Stage (American Issues Take Two)
How Would his Departure Affect America. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and Jeff Portnoy. Our panel addresses what happens if Trump left the political stage. How would that affect America. Nobody lasts forever especially when they’re pushing 80. What would happen to his sycophants and acolytes, to […]
A Clean Environment is a Universal Right (Global Connections)
The General Assembly Said so on July 28th. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar, who studies and writes on global relations, reports to us on the UN resolution declaring that access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, is a universal human right. The states who […]
John Lee, Pro-Beijing Hardliner in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
Another Troubling Inflection Point. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Professor Michael Davis, who spent many years living in Hong Kong and teaching at Hong Kong University, helps us understand the implications and effects of the ‘election’ of John Lee, pro-Beijing hardliner, as the new chief executive of […]
Countering Collective Nuclear Blackmail (Military In Hawaii)
Time for New Thinking and Capability. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf and Howard ‘Dallas’ Thompson. Two retired Air Force generals, Dan “Fig” Leaf and Howard “Dallas” Thompson, discuss what they see as a fundamental shift in nuclear thinking. They describe the emergence of a new norm […]
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. […]