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”

The Middle East: What Lessons can we Draw from the Asian Revolutions ?

Posted by DavidDay on Mar 20, 2011 in Middle East, Our Media, Philippines, South Korea | 0 comments

Asia in Review Host and international lawyer David F. Day discusses with Peter Beck of the East West Center, the revolt in the Middle East and look back to the successful Asian revolutions as perhaps models or lessons that might be applicable in the Middle East.