Can Kim Jong-un Do Missles and Covid at the Same Time. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Cheehyung Harrison Kim. Cheeyhung Harrison Kim, a history professor at UH Manoa, helps us understand what is going on between the Koreas these days; Kim Jong-un’s expansion of North Korea’s missile program; his […]
Update on Civil Liberties in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
It’s Getting Worse all the Time. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Michael Davis helps us understand three major developments in Hong Kong: (1) the “election” of John Lee, (2) the cancellation of the Human Rights Press awards, and (3) the arrests of 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund Trustees […]
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 […]
Human Rights for the Uyghurs (Global Connections)
Is China Telling the Truth About them. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Henryk Szadziewski. Henryk Szadziewski, UH graduate student, will help us understand the plight of the Uyghurs in China. Most recently, the IOC has behaved deplorably in the Olympics. It has been difficult to reconcile their rhetoric of […]
Colonialism and the World Order (History is Here to Help)
Does it Ever Help. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. Our panel explores the history of colonialism in its various forms, and what it has contributed to human and global development, how it has it hampered human and global development, and when and why it came to an end and […]
Asia, Europe and the Ukraine War (Looking to the East)
Impact of the War Outside of the USA. The host for this show is Stephen Zurcher. The guests are Paul Scott, Jiri Mestecky and Robert Eldridge. We bring together three experts to form a panel discussion on the ramifications of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in Asia and Europe. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for […]
Burning Global Issues 2022
Make no mistake; the world is on fire! ThinkTech presents an examination of six continents by thought and community leaders living in or expert in those continents, discussing burning issues for each, how they relate to the prospects for functioning democracy, and what we can learn from all of that. The underlying theme is of […]
Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression (Global Connections)
Where Can Hong Kong Go Now. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Beijing has brutally advanced the 2047 return of Hong Kong to China, and it has changed the open character of the city to full-tilt repression in the space of only a few years. Civil liberties and […]
Is Putin’s War Fortifying the Democratic Alliance (Politics for the People)
Or will the Alliance Unravel Because of his Threats. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell, Tim Apicella and Cynthia Lee Sinclair. Our panel discusses the possibility, as examined in an article in Foreign Affairs, that Vladimir Putin’s War Crimes War is strengthening the democratic alliance and that in […]
Can we Afford to be Optimistic These Days (Community Matters)
If Not, What Should we be Worried About. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. Our panel will discuss the things that we should be most fearful about in this fragmented and violent world and whether and to what extent we can afford to be optimistic given the […]