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 […]
Update on the War in Ukraine (Global Connections)
Positions and Implications Are Changing. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Ackerman. Carl Ackerman helps us catch up and understand how things are evolving in the war against Ukraine, including the strange and failing moves of the Russian Army,Putin’s troubles with war crimes investigation and the oligarchs and Russians […]
Managing Complex Emergencies (Global Connections)
How US Embassies Manage Crises. The host for this show is Carlos Juarez. The guest is Patrick Pihana Branco. The discussion explores how US embassies manage complex emergencies, from supporting US citizens abroad to managing strategic communications. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mHEEOF0uG_ZWaKXVlH7Wn9 Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see […]
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 […]
Ukraine is Not the End of it (Global Connections)
Putin Has Much More on his Mind. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Ackerman. Carl Ackerman, is an author and an historian of Russia, and and will help us understand the next steps of Putin’s aggression there. Putin is likely to have plans to threaten and invade the Baltic […]
Our Journey from Ukraine to Maui (Global Connections)
A New Example of Hawaii’s Aloha. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Vladlena Bugay and Igor Chopa. Vlada Bugay and her father Igor Chopa describe their extraordinary journey from Ukraine to Maui, how things were for them in Ukraine, how they managed to get here, and what they found when […]
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 […]
Globalization is over (Global Connections)
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]