China Reacts to Biden’s Taiwan Comments. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guests are Cynthia Lee Sinclair and Kimi Ide-Foster. At a news confrence held in Japan, President Biden was asked to compare US support for Ukraine versus Taiwan. President Biden’s response left little doubt of the administration’s commitment […]
Living Abroad in Asia as a Diplomat (Looking to the East)
Explore the Life of Andrew Wylegala. The host for this show is Stephen Zurcher. The guest is Andrew Wylegala. Andrew Wylegala is currently the President of the American Chamber of Taiwan living in Taipei. Prior to this assignment he had a 23 year long career in the US government with assignments all over the world […]
The Impact of the Ukraine War on Japan-Asia (Looking to the East)
How will the Ukraine Invasion Impact Asia. The host for this show is Stephen Zurcher. The guest is Robert D. Eldridge. We explore the impact of the Ukraine invasion by Russia on the politics and the economy of Japan and more broadly Asia including China. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nDxMvBHydvswLNthwOl5QT Please […]
Taiwan, Light and Shadow (China, Hawaii and You)
Lessons from a Democratic Miracle. The host for this show is Andrew Zimmerman. The guest is Shawna Ryan. In this episode, we cover the following points: 1) The state of Taiwan immediately after it was founded 2) The Kuomintang’s arrival 3) Life under Chiang Kai-shek’s martial law, and how it compares to the Maoist time […]
Imagining a Clear View of China (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Dual-Role Scholar Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest is Oriana Skylar Mastro. Fig interviews Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro, nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University focused on focuses on Chinese military […]
Imagining 2022 (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Looking Back and Forward. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. Fig reviews an eventful 2021 and makes some predictions about 2022. He reflects on the Figments experience, what he has learned from doing these webcasts. Is he optimistic, pessimistic or neutral about the coming year? You will have to watch to find […]
Imagining Hawaii During Conflict (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Impacts of a China-Taiwan Conflict. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest is Ed Hawkins. Retired Air Force colonel Ed Hawkins, a noted intelligence analyst, joins Fig to imagine what a China-Taiwan conflict might mean for the Aloha State. Assuming that such a conflict is indeed possible, they look at effects […]
China, Taiwan and the U.S. (Figments: On Reality)
What You Should Know. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. Dan “Fig” Leaf’s expertise and experience bring clarity to the complex issues between China, Taiwan and the United States. When the U.S. and the Peoples’ Republic of China normalized relations in 1979, both sides accepted the notion that Taiwan would eventually “reunify” […]
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. […]
The Threats Posed by Russia and China (Politics for the People)
Aren’t They Also Important to our Future. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Tim Apicella and Winston Welch. Our panel helps us understand the threats posed by Russie and China, the reasons Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin want us to fail and what they are doing to help us fail, […]