The Global Culture Wars Have Begun. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Our panel discusses an article about de-globalization or reverse globalization by David Brooks in the New York Times. What are the indications of de-globalization, what are the indications of the emergence of global culture wars, and […]
The Role of Propaganda in Genocide (Politics for the People)
Vulnerabilities in the Human Condition. The host for this show is Stephanie Dalton. The guests are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. Our panel discusses the social psychology of propaganda and social media, and the human frailties and vulnerabilities that make us susceptible to propaganda and demagoguery, how Putin has learned to use it to affect […]
Evolving Implications of Putin’s War (Global Connections)
Emergence of the Historical Effect of the War. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Ackerman. Historian Carl Ackerman helps us understand the changes that are being revealed by the invasion of Ukraine, including the rise of Russia and of blatant autocracy, the resurgence of the cold war, the fragmentation […]
City of Bucha, Visuals of War Crimes (What Now America)
Russia’s Words of Denial Rejected. The host for this show is Tim Apicella. The guests are Jay Fidell and Cynthia Lee Sinclair. Civilian bodies laying in the streets in the City of Bucha have been ghastly visuals for the world, except Russians, to see. Some people shot off their bikes, one laying next to a […]
International Law Claims Against Putin and Russia (Global Connections)
The Proceedings Are Only Now Just Beginning. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Alexander H.E. Morawa. Law professor Alexander Morawa helps us understand the ICC Prosecutor’s investigation of Putin and Russia (now pending before a pretrial chamber); several sets of provisional measures issued by the European Court of Human Rights; […]
How we Have Strayed from the Liberal World Order (History is Here to Help)
What Can we Do to Get Back to it. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. Historian Peter Hoffenberg helps us understand how things have changed since 1945 and how we have strayed from the days of the Marshall Plan and the creation of the United Nations and the liberal world […]
Putin is Stalin, Paranoia, Lies, War Crimes (What Now America)
Similar Tactics Used in Ukraine and Russia. The host for this show is Tim Apicella. The guests are Jay Fidell, Mingo Wasch, Karen Buzzard and Cynthia Lee Sinclair. Daily video images of missile strikes on the citizens of Ukraine become future evidence of Putin’s war crimes. Also, Putin’s zero tolerance policy of any criticism from […]
Reflections on Ukraine the Borderland Global Connections
It May Never be the Same. The hosts for this show are Carlos Juarez and Jay Fidell. Carlos Juarez shares with Jay some personal reflections on his previous travel to Ukraine as well as how the Russian invasion represents a shock to the international system. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mHEEOF0uG_ZWaKXVlH7Wn9 Please […]
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 […]
USA and World Can Do Much More for Ukraine (What Now America)
Helping Ukraine Without NATO is Needed Now. The host for this show is Tim Apicella. The guests are Jay Fidell, Cynthia Lee Sinclair and Karen Buzzard. President Biden firmly stated that NATO cannot assist Ukraine without an escalation of the current Ukraine War. Points well taken with the establishment of a NATO no fly zone. […]