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.

Entering a New International Market: Developing Critical Depth

Posted by DavidDay on Mar 12, 2012 in Economic Development, Export Development, Foreign Policy/Geopolitics, Intl Business in Asia, Our Media, Pacific Forum CSIS | 0 comments

This “Asia in Review” Hawaii television show probes the interesting nexus between international business and foreign policy/geopolitics.

Hosted by David Day, this program’s special guests are Mr. John Holman, the Senior U.S. Commercial Officer for the Hawaii and the Pacific Islands (U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Dept of Commerce), and Mr. Michael Messina, Director of Development for the Asia-focused, foreign policy/geopolitical think tank, Pacific Forum, CSIS.

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.