Shifts in the UK, Israel, France and Germany. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Manfred Henningsen. Professor Henningsen, back from a trip to Europe, helps us understand current issues in Europe, including the resignation of Boris Johnson in the UK and notable political events in Israel. The European political scene […]
Global Implications of the War in Ukraine (Global Connections)
How is the International Order Being Affected. 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 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, not only in terms of its own citizens, but the disruptive affects it is having on other […]
Talk Story with Congressman Ed Case (Military In Hawaii)
The Key Roles of the Military in Hawaii. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ed Case. The Red Hill crisis, the military’s strategic role in the Pacific, the military as an economic engine and job creator in Hawaii, the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, the COMPETES Act, and Congressman Case’s […]
Following the Changes in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
How it No Longer Connects East with West. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor of Pacific Forum, helps us understand the events and directions taking place in Hong Kong, and the effect the PRC’s action under the New Security Law are affecting Hong Kong’s […]
Latin America in Transition (Global Connections)
Is it Changing or is it More of the Same. The hosts for this show are Carlos Juarez and Jay Fidell. Carlos Juarez provides an overview of recent political transitions in Latin America, from the first woman elected president in Honduras, a primary school teacher elected president in Peru, the Ortegas reelected in Nicaragua and […]
It’s More than Just Cobalt in the Congo (Global Connections)
It’s Global Economic Competition. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker of Pacific Forum helps us understand the larger foreign policy and global economic issues inherent in the acquisition of China Molybdenum’s acquisition of cobalt in the Congo, and how those issues involve and will affect the […]
The Taliban and China (China, Hawaii and You)
An Uneasy Partnership. The host for this show is Andrew Zimmerman. The guest is Robby Dube. In this episode, we discuss the following points: 1) How did we get to this point in Afghanistan? 2) Recognition—America’s and China’s. 3) Taliban and terrorism– not marked as terrorist group currently 4) Semi-recognition through belt and road. 5) […]
Troubling Sea Changes in China (Community Matters)
Is There Anything we Can Do About it. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Marco Mangelsdorf. We discuss the changing relationship between the PRC, Taiwan and the rest of us; Xi as the Core leader; l’etat, c’est moi; Groupthink at the top levels of the Party; the liberal, democracies v. […]
Failure, Solution and Fallout – Where from Here (Community Matters)
Two Veterans Talk About Their Commentary. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Vic Craft and John Riess. Vic Craft and John Riess, both US military veterans, wrote an commentary called “Failure.” In this talk show they discuss their commentary and their thinking about the failures and threats facing the United […]
Reflections on Afghanistan Global Connections
Talking Story with Ann Wright. The host for this show is Carlos Juarez. The guest is Ann Wright. Reflections on the recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan with retired US Army Coronel and former US diplomat Ann Wright. She helped reopen the US Embassy in Kabul after 2001 and would later resign from the Foreign Service […]