Host: Amy Browne
Producer: Carolyn Coe
Issue: US hegemony
Program Topic: US Pivot to Asia Pacific
Key Discussion Points:
a) The US is expanding its investment militarily, economically, and diplomatically in Asia.
b) Military actions and bases in Asia have economic and social costs to the local populations.
c) US militarism has, at times, met with strong resistance overseas.
Guests:
Joseph Gerson, Director of the American Friends Service Committee’s Peace and Economic Security Program
Hyun Lee, a member of Nodutdol
Subrata Ghoshroy, research associate for MIT’s Science, Technology and Global Security Working Group