Global Connections
A Paper at the Mongolian Studies Conference. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ralph Winnie. Ralph Winnie, international lawyer, presented a paper at the Mongolian Studies Conference at the Mongolian Embassy in Washington a few days ago. The paper dealt with how Mongolia Achieved its independence from China. We talk […]
We Don’t Know Enough About Singapore (Global Connections)
We Can Learn a Lot from How They Do Things. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Harmin Kaur Gill. Harmin Kaur Gill, who lives in Singapore, helps us understand life and business in Singapore. Why does she live there. What are its special advantages. Some of the business and social […]
US Engagement in Pacific Island Countries (Global Connections)
Growing Concern Regarding Chinese Influence. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. A discussion of the denial of the Solomon Islands to allow a US Coast Guard cutter to make a port call there. What are the implications and content of that port call and that denial, and generally […]
APEC is Coming to California (Global Connections)
Working for Globalization. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Russell Honma. Russell Honma, author of the Hawaii APEC master plan, helps us understand the changes in APEC since it took place in Hawaii, how covid has affect the APEC rotation schedule, the plan for the next APEC in California, and […]
How Mongolia Achieved its Independence from China (Global Connections)
A Paper at the Mongolian Studies Conference. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ralph Winnie. Ralph Winnie, international lawyer, presented a paper at the Mongolian Studies Conference at the Mongolian Embassy in Washington a few days ago. The paper dealt with how Mongolia Achieved its independence from China. We talk […]
A Clean Environment is a Universal Right (Global Connections)
The General Assembly Said so on July 28th. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar, who studies and writes on global relations, reports to us on the UN resolution declaring that access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, is a universal human right. The states who […]
The Global Effects of Putin’s War on Ukraine (Global Connections)
Let us Count at Least Some of the Ways. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, Senior Advisor of Pacific Forum, helps us understand the global effects of Putin’s continuing. unilateral war crimes war against Ukraine, including its economic, social, political and geopolitical effects on the rest […]
John Lee, Pro-Beijing Hardliner in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
Another Troubling Inflection Point. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Professor Michael Davis, who spent many years living in Hong Kong and teaching at Hong Kong University, helps us understand the implications and effects of the ‘election’ of John Lee, pro-Beijing hardliner, as the new chief executive of […]
The Political Changes Taking Place in Europe (Global Connections)
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 […]
Covid is Surging in India (Global Connections)
It’s Coming Back with a Vengeance. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar helps us understand the covid surge that is taking place in India, how it is coming back, why is it coming back and what it is doing to India, its health care system and […]