Welcome to THE INTERGLOBALIST where we approach the shifting landscape of globalization and explore the intersectionality of the global north and the global south, east-west collaborations, the space between indigeneity and labour mobility, semi-sovereign entities and new development sectors.
Timothy Bryar is an independent researcher and writer based in Suva, Fiji. Timothy has lived and worked in the Pacific region for more than a decade with both non-government and inter-governmental organizations, most recently serving as Senior Policy Adviser with the Pacific Islands Forum. He has a PhD from the University of Sydney.
Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje is currently the Founder/National Coordinator at Humanitarian Care for Displaced Persons, a not –for – profit organisation-providing research, advocacy, and social interventions. His research interest focuses on Nationalism, Religious Radicalism, Diplomacy, International Economic Relations, Borders, African Migration, International Development, Corruption and Governance, Multidimensional Poverty, Sustainable Human Development and Development Paradigms.
Sam holds two Masters Degrees in Public and International Affairs, and Humanitarian and Refugee Studies from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He also has training and exposure in Refugee Policy and Practice and International Refugee Law from American University, Cairo, Egypt and a certificate in Forced Migration from Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom. In recent years, he has written widely on politics and governance issues in Africa and his works has been published in newspaper articles and international journals. He has authored a book: Federalism, Leadership and Development,(Germany: Dictus Publishing, 2017).
Arnie Saiki has been broadly focusing on regional economic and geopolitical themes in the Asia and Pacific regions, and was the coordinator for the Moana Nui conferences, a partnership between the International Forum on Globalization and Pua Mohala I Ka Po and has been campaigning on issues around trade, development and militarization in the Pacific since. Currently, he is participating in a working group on Data, Statistics, and Valuation. He has been writing, producing online content and organizing since 2007. In 2009, Arnie received a “We the People” grant from Hawaii Council for the Humanities for his work on Hawai’i Statehood history and was the lead historical researcher for a federally-funded feature documentary, “State of Aloha.” He received his MFA from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, and later left the Performing Studies program at NYU as a Ph.D. candidate. His book Ecological-Economic Accounts: Towards Intemerate Values, (Fiji 2020) was recently published and has recently co-authored another book called, Reweaving the Ecological Mat Framework: Toward and Ecological Framework for Development, (Fiji 2020).