Oil is at the heart of Alaska’s economy, and the price per barrel a leading indicator of its health. So with the price of oil crashing, what happens now?
Guests include Gunnar Knapp with the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute for Social and Economic Research and Cliff Groh of the nonpartisan public policy organization Alaska Common Ground. Jeremy Hsieh hosts.
Ms. Subrina Chow presents “Hong Kong – Where China and Global Advantages Converge.”
Chow, Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco, shares her insights into the fast changing economic landscape of the greater China region. As the center of the global economy pivots towards Asia, Ms. Chow will explain how Hong Kong consolidates and strengthens its position as the region’s international financial, trade and logistics hub.
This program was filmed December 11, 2014 @360.
Aaron Wolf presents “Shared Waters: Conflict, Cooperation and Transformation” as part of a Juneau World Affairs Council discussion.
Wolf is a professor at Oregon State University whose research focuses on political conflict and resolution related to transboundary water resources.
Recorded December 3, 2014
“Youth and Family Homelessness” is the third in a series of A Roof town hall forums. Host Casey Kelly and guests discuss what can be done to address homeless children and families in Ketchikan. Guests include: Lisa Scarborough (Executive Director, Love In Action), Hailey Beard (Women in Safe Homes), Merle Nancy Hawkins (Tlingit & Haida Central Council), Katie Jo Parrott (Residential Youth Care) and Kaila Del Rosario (High School Student).
Will Dobson presents “Are Dictators Getting Smarter? The Battle between Dictatorship & Democracy” as part of a Juneau World Affairs Council discussion.
Dobson is Slate’s politics and foreign affairs editor, and the author of “The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy.”
Recorded November 12, 2014
Will People in Alaska and the South Pacific be Forced to Relocate? The Human Rights Implications of Climate Change and Population Displacement
Robin Bronen is a senior research scientist at the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. She explores the ways in which climate change is affecting the places where people live, and the emergence of climate refugees.
This talk was filmed @360, November 5, 2014.
