January 25, 2015: In this second half of our discussion with Dr. Hall Gardner, Professor and Chair of International and Comparative Politics at The American University of Paris, The World Meets America Report got Dr. Gardner’s reaction to comments last week by European columnists Patrik Etschmayer and Dr. Regula Stämpfli about the threat of E.U. fragmentation due to mass migration and a growing split between east and west Europe over the influence of Brussels; whether the myth of a middle class-capitalist paradise was built and maintained simply to defeat the Soviets during the Cold War, and that after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the need to maintain the protections and privileges allotted to the Western middle class diminished, leading to a shrinkage of the middle class across the Western World. Dr. Gardner and host William Kern also discuss China’s growing involvement in the Syria crisis and the Middle East in general; Taiwan’s recent election of that nation’s first woman president – and one who favors Taiwan independence; the possibility that the U.S. might see fit to strengthen ties with Taiwan as Washington’s confrontation with Beijing heats up; and India’s insane blockade of Nepal over its new secular, or in other words, non-Hindu constitution. To close out the show, host William Kern outlines the obsession at the World Economic Forum in Davos with Artificial Intelligence and robotics.

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The first half of William Kern’s Conversation with Dr. Hall Gardner: Click Here

Section of Dr. Gardner’s book NATO Expansion and US Strategy in Asia, which he mentions during this program: Click Here

Book of Poetry By Dr. Hall Gardner: The Wake Up Blast: Click Here

Poetry Readings By Dr. Hall Gardner (below):

Books on Geopolitics By Dr. Hall Gardner:
–The Failure to Prevent World War I: The Unexpected Armageddon: Click Here
–Crimea, Global Rivalry, and the Vengeance of History: Click Here
–American Global Strategy and the ‘War on Terrorism’: Click Here
–Averting Global War: Regional Challenges, Overextension, and Options for American Strategy: Click Here
–NATO Expansion and US Strategy in Asia: Surmounting the Global Crisis: Click Here
–Surviving the Millennium: American Global Strategy, the Collapse of the Soviet Empire, and the Question of Peace: Click Here
–Averting Global War: Regional Challenges, Overextension, and Options for American Strategy: Click Here
Other Books By Dr. Hall Gardner: Click Here

Information on William Kern:
William Kern, founder of www.worldmeets.us, iis managing editor and executive director of non-profit journalism project Worldmeets.US and is a former copy editor and page designer at numerous newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune, the San Mateo Country Times, the Taipei Times and the Taiwan News. In 2005 he began his life’s work of revealing to the American people how the non-English global media covers the United States when he invented trans-copyediting – a system that allows news editors to check the accuracy of human-translated copy and in 2007, he incorporated Worldmeets.US Inc. as an educational non-profit. Over the years, Kern and his dedicated global team of translators have rendered into English thousands of columns about the United States – its politics, culture and history – from around the planet and every major language. In partnership with The London Metropolitan University, Worldmeets.US is helping train the translators of tomorrow, offering internships to qualified student candidates.

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