APEC 2011: What Was Accomplished? The Backstory.

Posted by DavidDay on Mar 18, 2012 in APEC in Hawaii, China, Economic Development, Export Development, Foreign Policy/Geopolitics, Intl Business in Asia, Japan, Our Media, South Korea, Vietnam | 0 comments

In this special “Asia in Review” televised radio Broadcast, Hawaii television and radio host David Day is joined by special guests John Holman, the Senior U.S. Commercial Officer for Hawaii and the Pacific Islands and former APEC Ambassador Lauren Moriarity.

The program focuses on the accomplishments that the Hawaii APEC conference achieved from the perspective of business, but which most of the media missed entirely. This is the real backstory.

Analysis of Developments in Burma/Myanmar & Visit with Suu Kyi

Posted by DavidDay on Mar 18, 2012 in Burma/Myanmar, China, Economic Development, Foreign Policy/Geopolitics, Intl Business in Asia, Our Media | 0 comments

Ralph Cossa, the President of Pacific Forum, CSIS, engages with “Asia in Review” television host and commentator David Day in a lively discussion and analysis of the recent reforms and changes in Burma.

 

During the show,  Mr. Cossa’s discusses his interesting personal visit with Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Philippine Insurgency and Counter-Terrorism Strategy

Posted by DavidDay on Feb 12, 2012 in China, Corruption in Business, Counter-Terrorism, Economic Development, Our Media, Philippines, Taiwan | 0 comments

Counter-Insurgency: Is there a Strategy that Works, Really?

For nearly 400 years, the Philippines has faced on internal, ongoing insurgency of some kind. Just since WW II, these groups have included the HUKs,the New Peoples Liberation Army (NPA),The Abu Sayyaf, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), and even the Jemiah Islamiya out of Indonesia.

In this television program broadcast in Hawaii, David Day interviews Mr. Al Santoli, the CEO of Asia America Initiative, a non-profit NGO headquartered in Washington D. C. on the challenges these insurgencies pose for the Philippines. In this fascinating conversation, Mr. Santoli describes a unique, multi-generational counter-insurgency strategy that his foundation is now successfully conducting in the radical Muslim islands of the Southern Philippines.

Mr. Al Santoli has also been a successful peace mediator between the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the U.S. Military, and the radical Muslim groups in these islands.

The Taiwan Success Story

Posted by DavidDay on Nov 26, 2011 in China, Japan, Our Media, Philippines, Taiwan | 0 comments

In this televised, “Asia in Review” Broadcast, David Day engages Taiwan expert Prof. William Sharp in a lively discussion about Taiwan’s historic background, democratic institutions and structure, strategic challenges with China (including the South China Sea dispute), and its delicate relationship with the United States.

Bill Sharp and David Day on “The Taiwan Success Story”

Exchange between David Day and U.S. Secy of Commerce John Bryson during APEC week

Posted by DavidDay on Nov 15, 2011 in APEC in Hawaii, China, Export Development, Indonesia, Intl Business in Asia, North Korea, Our Media | 0 comments

This exchange between the newly-appointed U.S. Secretary of Commerce, John Bryson, and David Day took place during the APEC week in Honolulu in November of 2011. This particular conference was held at at the Foreign Trade Zone in Honolulu on November 10, 2011. Here, David lays out a series of suggested actions for the “new” U.S. Commerce Dept to undertake as a means of enhancing its support for business in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. This video does not include a portion of the exchange in which Mr. Day is urging Commerce to focus on using Hawaii more often as a “gathering place” for critical meetings and conferences, like APEC, that involve business in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Pacific Forum CSIS & Its “Diamond” Linkages for Business Executives in the Asia Pacific Region

Posted by DavidDay on Aug 24, 2011 in China, Intl Business in Asia, Japan, North Korea, Our Media, Pacific Forum CSIS, South Korea, Taiwan | 0 comments

David Day hosts Pacific Forum CSIS‘s President Ralph Cossa and its Executive Director, Brad Glosserman in this television broadcast which covers some of the key macro issues now facing the Asia Region. This program also unveils the “Best Kept Secret” among business executives dealing with Asia, Pacific Forum, and the show examines the “why” and “how” of mining Pacific Forum’s knowledge and relationship “Diamonds.”

The Great Firewall of China

Posted by DavidDay on Mar 20, 2011 in China, Our Media | 0 comments

Asia in Review host David F. Day in a discussion with Dan Leuck of Ikayzo on the Great Firewall of China.

The Social Networking Explosion in Asia

Posted by DavidDay on Mar 20, 2011 in China, Japan, Our Media, Social Media, South Korea, Taiwan | 0 comments

Asia in Review host David F. Day in a discussion with Dan Leuck of Ikazo on the Social Networking Explosion in Asia.