Ma ka lā 19 Malaki, ua hoʻohana ʻo Imtiaz Muqbil i kahi ahiahi ʻoluʻolu ma ka Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) e hoʻolohe ana iā Nirmal Ghosh.
ʻO Nirmal Ghosh, 65, he mea kākau ʻōlelo haole ma mua o 30 mau makahiki no The Straits Times, Singapore's a me South East Asia's #1 English i kēlā me kēia lā.
He mea kākau ʻōlelo haole ʻo Nirmal ma Manila, New Delhi, Bangkok, a me Wakinekona, DC, e uhi ana i ka politika, ke koho balota, ka paio a me ka hoʻokahuli aupuni, nā pōʻino kūlohelohe, nā pilikia pilikanaka a me ka honua, a me nā geopolitics ma waena o Asia a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua lanakila kāna puke pai i nā makana PANPA a me SOPA. ʻO ia he Jefferson Fellow o ka East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaii) i ke kauwela o 2015 a he Pelekikena Pelekikena Hoʻolaha Hōʻike i ka hāʻule o 2016.
He Pelekikena ʻelua manawa ʻo Nirmal o ka ʻAhahui ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o nā ʻĀina ʻē aʻe (Focap) a he Pelekikena ʻekolu manawa o ka Foreign Correspondents' Association of Thailand (FCCT).
Ua pili pū ʻo ia me ka Geneva-based Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime. ʻAʻohe i ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu, he kahu ʻo ia o The Corbett Foundation. Ke hana nei kēia waiwai ʻole me nā kaiāulu kūloko a me nā luna e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu a hoʻēmi i ka hakakā kanaka-holoholona ma waena o ʻelima mau wahi i mālama ʻia ma India.
He mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻi ʻo ia, podcaster, a me ka mea kākau o nā puke ʻeono, ʻo ia ka mea hou loa Hoʻokuʻi: ʻO Donald Trump a me ka Remaking of America.
Ua hui pū me ia ʻo Keith Richburg, kahi mea kākau haole ma ka Washington Post. Ua hoʻolauna ʻo Moderator Dominic Faulder o Nikkei Asian Review i ka papa me kahi malihini kāhāhā, ʻo Steve Herman, ka mea kākau moʻolelo nui no ka Voice of America, ka mea i lilo i mea pōʻino no ka pani ʻana o ka lawelawe lekiō US.
ʻO Steve Herman, ka Luna Nui o ka Hale Keʻokeʻo ma mua, ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻolaha Lahui o VOA.
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Herman ma kahi o ka hapahā o ke kenekulia ma Asia, me nā makahiki o ka hōʻike ʻana mai Tokyo a ma hope iho ma ke ʻano he mea kākau VOA a me ke poʻo ʻoihana ma India, Korea, a me Thailand. Ua lawelawe pū ʻo Herman i ka makahiki 2016 ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele Diplomatic Senior o VOA, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke Keʻena Moku'āina. Ua lawe aku kāna huakaʻi iā ia ma kahi o 75 mau ʻāina, me ka hōʻike ʻana mai nā wahi kaua, nā kipi kīwila, a me nā pōʻino kūlohelohe nui.
Ua ʻike pinepine ʻia ka mea kākau moʻolelo kahiko ma ka TV a me ka lekiō, me nā hui VOA, ma Australia, Canada, India, Nigeria, South Africa, South Korea, a me United Kingdom. Ua paʻi ʻia kāna mau ʻatikala, kolamu, a me nā loiloi ma ka Far Eastern Economic Review, Harvard Summer Review, Japan Quarterly, Japan Times, On the Air, Popular Communications, Proceedings (US Naval Institute), Radio World, Shukan Bunshun, Shukan Gendai, South China Morning Post, a me ka Wall Street Pai. He kumu aʻo malihini ma nā kulanui a me nā ʻaha kūkā ʻoihana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ma waho.
He pelekikena mua ʻo Herman no ka hui ʻo Foreign Correspondents 'Club o Iapana a me Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club. Ua lawelawe mua ʻo ia i ʻelua makahiki ma ke ʻano he Kiaʻāina o ka Hui Paʻi Paʻi Overseas o ʻAmelika. ʻO Herman ka hope pelekikena hoʻolaha no Wakinekona, DC, mokuna o ka ʻAhahui Nupepa ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me ka ʻelele US Agency for Global Media ma ka papa hoʻomalu o ka American Foreign Service Association.
ʻO kaʻu mea i lawe ʻia mai ke kūkākūkā ʻana ʻo ka "Land of the Free" he make wale nō. Aia ma ʻaneʻi ka "Land of Fear", e noho paha.
Ua paʻi ʻia ma Ianuali 2025, ka mahina o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Donald Trump, ʻo ka puke a Mr. Ghosh e pili ana i ka "Remaking of America."
Mai Ianuali 2025, ua hōʻike ka staccato o nā hanana i hōʻike ʻia i kahi "Unmaking of America," me nā hopena koʻikoʻi no ka demokala, nā pono kanaka, ke kūʻokoʻa, a me ka hoʻopono ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Inā hiki iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ka "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave," ke hoʻohiolo i nā kia o nā mea a pau āna i hoʻolaʻa ai, pēlā nō nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Me ke aupuni o Donald Trump he ʻekolu mahina wale nō i loko o kāna ʻehā makahiki, ʻo ka poʻe a pau e kū nei no ka demokala, nā pono kanaka, ke kūʻokoʻa, a me ka hoʻopono pono e hoʻomaka i ka noʻonoʻo lōʻihi e pili ana i nā hopena o kēlā.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ke kūkākūkā FCCT i kēlā pōlele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Herman ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ia no ka "kipi" e kahi luna kiʻekiʻe i ʻeli i kekahi o kāna mau ʻōlelo no ka pani ʻana o ka USAID a haʻi ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he "luna lawelawe haole," pono ʻo ia e parrot i ka laina pāʻina. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka hopena o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka lawelawe lekiō ʻōlelo he nui i nā kaiāulu a puni ka honua, ʻoiai hoʻi i nā aupuni repressive.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka lewa ma Wakinekona DC he "kaumaha, haʻalele a me kahi ʻano paranoia." Aia kekahi manaʻo o kahi "hopena chilling" ma muli o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka wahi no ka ʻōlelo manuahi.
Ma kāna mau ʻōlelo hoʻomaka a me nā pane i nā nīnau, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr.
"Inā ʻoe e nānā i ka ʻikepili mai nā pūnaewele pili pūnaewele, ʻike ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe e makemake e hui a e launa pū me kekahi me nā manaʻo politika kū'ē.
No laila ke ulu nei kēia māhele. ʻOiai ke manaʻo nei au ʻaʻole e hoʻomaka ana ʻo ʻAmelika i ke kaua kīwila i ka lā ʻapōpō, a ke manaʻo nei au makemake kekahi poʻe e wānana i ka emi ʻana o ka hopena, manaʻo wau he hewa make ke kākau ʻana. Manaʻo wau e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana hoʻomāinoino i kēia manawa. "
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o nā manaʻo politika ma waena o nā "patriots" a me "traitors."
ʻO ka hoʻokele waiwai hoʻi, ke ulu nei ka ʻāpana waiwai-ʻilihune me nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻilihune ma kahi ʻāina i ʻoi aku ka nui o nā piliona kālā ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Mr. Ghosh e pili ana i nā hopena o ka piʻi ʻana o ka "pololei, keʻokeʻo, ka lāhui Karistiano." Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia ua paʻa nā hana anti-immigrant i nā noiʻi demographic e hōʻike ana e lilo ka heluna keʻokeʻo US i mea liʻiliʻi ma 2045. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia i ka holo ʻana o ka US mai ke koho ʻana i kāna Pelekikena ʻEleʻele mua ma 2008 a hou i 2012, i manaʻo ʻia e hōʻailona i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi au hou, akā i kēia manawa, he 12 mau makahiki ma hope aku, ua huli ʻē aʻe.
Ua emi ke kuleana o ka pāpaho ma muli o ka pōkole o ka nānā ʻana a ʻimi ka poʻe i nā pane maʻalahi i nā nīnau paʻakikī. Ua haʻi ʻo Mr. Ghosh i kāna mau ʻike e pili ana i nā hui politika kahi e nīnau ai ka poʻe iā ia inā e ʻōlelo pū ana ʻo ia "i kēlā ʻaoʻao" a lilo i mea ākea a hoʻomaha ma hope o ka haʻi ʻia ʻana e hōʻike ana ʻo ia no kahi nūpepa haole ma Singapore.
Ua nīnau ʻo Mr. Richburg, "Ua ʻike paha lākou i kahi o Singapore?"
Ua ʻike ʻo Mr. Ghosh i ka maikaʻi ʻole o nā neʻe kūʻē, ʻaʻole wale i kēia manawa akā i ka hoʻi ʻana mai i nā kūʻē kūʻē i ka honua holoʻokoʻa o 1999 ma Seattle, nā kūʻē kaua kūʻē iā Iraq i ka makahiki 2003, a me nā mea hou aku, nā kūʻē kūʻē ʻo Occupy Wall Street. Ke kū nei nā kūʻē kūʻē i ka ʻIseraʻela ma nā kulanui i ka hopena like.
I ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka McCarthyism, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo e aʻo nui mākou mai ka mōʻaukala, akā naʻe, ke hoʻomau nei ka mōʻaukala.