And What Does that Future Depend on. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor to Pacific Forum, helps us understand the status and condition of Ukraine now a year after the Russian invasion. Where does Ukraine stand, where does Russia stand, where does the US […]
Free Trade for Canada (View from the North)
Is Free Trade a Good Thing. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers discusses the Canadian view of Free Trade: why do economists think free trade is good (USMCA or NAFTA); the USA, Canada, Mexico trade agreement; the difference between free trade agreements and the actual […]
What is the Role of Belarus in the Ukraine War (Global Connections)
Will Lukashenko be Able to Stay in Power. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Valery Tsepkalo. Valery Tsepkalo, a leader of the Democratic Movement in Belarus who ran against Lukashenko for president, tells us about the trip that he and Dmitry Bolkunets recently made to Washington, and helps us understand […]
Where will Putin Want to Go Next (American Issues Take Two)
What Does He Have in Mind After Ukraine. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and Manfred Henningsen. Our panel examines Putin’s moves, preparations and aspirations about what comes next, including Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Transnistria, Moldova, Romania, and possibly others. What does he have […]
How Concerned Should Belarus be (Global Connections)
And What Role Does Lukashenko Have in that. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Stephanie Dalton. The guest is Dmitry Bolkunets. Dmitry Bolkunets of the Democratic Movement in Belarus helps us understand the presentations he and Valery Tsepkalo, made in Washington, what is happening in Belarus now, in terms of Lukashenko’s relationship […]
What is the Role of Belarus in the Ukraine War (American Issues Take Two)
And What Role Does Lukashenko Have in that. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Stephanie Dalton and Ralph Winnie. Our panel, including two people from Belarus, help us understand what is happening and what could happen with Lukashenko and Belarus in the Ukraine war, and how much […]
Are we Doing Enough to Help Ukraine (American Issues Take Two)
If we Aren’t What Happens then. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Stephanie Dalton. Our panel discusses the situation in Ukraine, the current Russian offensive, the state of the Russian military, the state of the Ukrainian defenses, the weapons Volodymyr Zelensky has requested (tanks and fighters), whether […]
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 […]
Getting the Polish MIGs to Ukraine (Global Connections)
Is the US Doing the Right Thing. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Ackerman. Our panel discusses the background of the deal by which Poland was to have sent its MIG-29 fighters to Ukraine, the status of that deal, the roadblocks that have emerged, and what is likely to […]
Migration: Conditions May Apply (Latin American Directions)
Between Humanitarianism and Politics. The host for this show is Nicolás Süssmann Herrán. The guest is Moisés Montiel Mogollón. With the recent decision of Mexico of requesting entry visas to Venezuelan migrants fleeing the systemic failure of their country, politics reveal themselves as a prominent factor in the decisions taken by American countries when it […]