Political analyst, journalist, educator, and writer specializing in the geopolitics and political economy of the Asia-Pacific. In 2024, in a CodePink climate webinar, he drew connections between militarism, climate justice, and Palestine — arguing that militarism (including war and militarized economies) is intimately tied to global injustice, including that against Palestinians. In several interviews he strongly criticizes Western powers for their role in supporting Israel. He frames the violence in Gaza as part of a broader “U.S.-led imperial genocide.”