The John Batchelor Show

Monday 17 July 2023

Air Date: 
July 17, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine: After the NATO summit, Russia blocks the grain deal.. Katrina vanden Heuvel, Nation.com

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/black-sea-grain-deal-expire-monday-...

915-930

#PRC: John Kerry to Beijing to restart climate talks to what end? @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.ft.com/content/87efbae8-0217-4045-b4f1-e348f4ca7466?accessToken=zwAGAK631Xx4kdOH77roAhdARdO08eNI9Mp0Zg.MEUCICN8ZJV-i5uE6nm4oEzZ1YjJA7nEuHKSSzvU35pA7fhLAiEAuxh16iZmGgzXkVQeYnWYw6TepeNhA6cH4q1h3BjRbiU&sharetype=gift&token=d752b774-3ed3-4b4c-a516-93f5108d8eaa

930-945

1/2: #Saudi Arabia: #UAE: MBS and Riyadh step outside the Washington rules in competition with Abu Dhabi. . Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/saudi-arabia-imports-record-russian-fuel-oil-june-trade-grows-2023-07-13/

 

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/united-states-must-repair-its-relationship-saudi-arabia-206630

 

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/japan-saudi-arabia-set-agree-rare-earth-resources-joint-development-nikkei-2023-07-15/

945-1000

1/2: #Saudi Arabia: #UAE: MBS and Riyadh step outside the Washington rules in competition with Abu Dhabi. . Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/saudi-arabia-imports-record-russian-fuel-oil-june-trade-grows-2023-07-13/

 

 

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Ukraine: Kerch Bridge damaged by 21st Century Fireships (drones). Brad Bowman, FDD.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/crimea-bridge-why-is-it-important-what-happened-it-2023-07-17/

1015-1030

#NATO: The Baltic Sea becomes a NATO Lake; the Arctic Sea becomes NATO patrol duty. Brad Bowman, FDD
https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-lake-what-sweden-and-finland-will-c...

1030-1045

#PRC: #Japan. Wang Yi threatens Japan and South Korea.Lance Gatling, principal of Nexial Research based in Tokyo, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/china/wang-yi-china-japan-south-korea-intl-hnk

https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-threat-grows-in-asia-japan-open-nato-liaison-office-counter-beijing

 

1045-1100

#PRC: The economy loses admirers. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming new edition of China Alone: Return to Isolation, on China's Q2 GDP number, to be released soon. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-17/china-s-economic-reco...

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
1/2: #Taiwan: #Japan: PRC and Russian provocations from the South China Ses to the Sea of Japan & What is to be done? Mark Montgomery, FDD.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-russia-to-start-joint-air-and-sea-drill-in-sea-of-japan/ar-AA1dVyTl
1115-1130

1/2: #Taiwan: #Japan: PRC and Russian provocations from the South China Ses to the Sea of Japan & What is to be done? Mark Montgomery, FDD.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-russia-to-start-joint-air-and-sea-drill-in-sea-of-japan/ar-AA1dVyTl

 

 
1130-1145

#DC:  The under continual threat Cyber Mission at the DoD for a 2027 deadline. Francis Rose, FedGovToday.com

https://fedgovtoday.com/2023/06/16/pentagon-cio-john-sherman-and-his-team/

1145-1200

#ForeignAffairs: The American public and foreign affairs: not so much. Daniel W. Drezner, Tufts Fletcher School @DANIELDREZNER

https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-old-consensus-on-us-foreign-pol...

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#Pakistan: #Afghanistan: The Sharif brothers go to the election in the Fall: Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson

https://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-pm-sharif-step-down-042102560.html

1215-1230
#Afghanistan: State Department declassified report on the failures of the Crisis Operation of the evacuation.Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute.

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/State-AAR-AFG.pdf

 

1230-1245

#SCOTUS: 3030 Creative and the court distinction between Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/research/mixed-signals-free-speech

1245-100 am
#FTC: Call of Duty Rules. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

https://www.wsj.com/articles/lina-khan-activision-blizzard-microsoft-judge-jacqueline-scott-corley-federal-trade-commission-antitrust-law-52cd1a65