The John Batchelor Show

Monday 20 March 2023

Air Date: 
March 20, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915
#Ukraine: The US is not at the peace table in the Middle East, or in Europe; & What is to be done? Katrina vanden Heuvel, the Nation.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-welcome-xi-moscow-under-shadow-ukraine-war-2023-03-20/

915-930

#MrMarket: The banks stabilize in the ER. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barron's Magazine

https://www.wsj.com/articles/stocks-hold-up-in-tumultuous-markets-be9aaa49

930-945

#Canada: PM Trudeau strangely defensive about reported #PRC election interference. Conrad Black, National Post

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/dont-let-liberals-use-trudeaus-floundering-on-chinese-interference-as-an-excuse-to-oust-him

945-1000

#Ryugu: #JAXA: Early results from #Hayabusa2 sample return. from carbonaceous chondrite asteroid. Harold Connolly, NSA. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

https://www.space.com/asteroid-ryugu-building-blocks-life

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Iraw: Twenty years after the US attack, lessons learned. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute

https://www.ft.com/content/c19efc30-7787-44c9-8ce2-ec874fac4bc1

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/road-war-an-ex-reuters-journalist-recalls-chase-wmd-iraq-2023-03-20/

1015-1030

#Afghanistan: #Pakistan: Imran Khan   the economic disorder.  ISIS-K training camps.  Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute

https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/un-seeks-independent-ideas-on-tackling-17844329.php

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/isis-terrorists-afghanistan-conduct-external-attacks-us-6-months-us-commander

 


https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/international/2385580-pakistan-huge-output-shortfall-in-cotton-crops-projected

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pakistans-ex-pm-imran-khan-marks-court-presence-as-supporters-clash-with-police/ar-AA18NnSk

 

1030-1045

#PRC: The meeting in Moscow and what to watch for. Jonathan Ward, author of soon-to-be-released The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China,. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-offer-clarifications-russias-position-ukraine-during-xi-visit-2023-03-20/

 

1045-1100

#NorthKorea: South Koresa, US and Jpan answer the provocations with readiness. David Maxwell, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and senior fellow at the Global Peace Foundation. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-claims-almost-800000-people-have-signed-up-military-fight-against-us-2023-03-17/

https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-says-icbm-launch-warning

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#PRC: #Russia: Xi's Peace plan for Eurasia, US not invited. ? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-offer-clarifications-russias-position-ukraine-during-xi-visit-2023-03-20/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-us-state-dept-diplomat-europe-step-down-focus-family-2023-03-20/

1115-1130

#Nigeria: The investigation of Election fraud continues.. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs


https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/lagos-governor-re-elected-victory-nigeria-ruling-party-2023-03-19/

1130-1145

#AUKUS: What is the Australian virtue of "mateship" loyalty? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs


https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/russia-ties-further-extension-grain-deal-lifting-restrictions-2023-03-20/

1145-1200

#KingCharlesReport: Charles remembers Queen Elizabeth Mother's Day. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/king-charles-marks-first-mother-s-day-since-queen-s-death/ar-AA18P3hf

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#NewWorldReport:  Remembering The Iraq war start.  Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org.Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

1215-1230

#NewWorldReport:  #Ecuador in turmoil.  Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org.Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire


https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-opposition-makes-formal-request-hold-lasso-impeachment-hearings-2023-03-17/

 

1230-1245

#NewWorldReport:  #AMLO denies fentanyl is a Mexican problem.  Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org.Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

ttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-president-says-more-fentanyl-enters-us-canada-than-mexico-2023-03-16/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/amid-us-pressure-fentanyl-mexico-raises-drug-lab-raids-data-2023-03-17/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/six-missing-women-murdered-violent-mexican-state-2023-03-17/

1245-100 am

#NewWorldReport:  Extraditing Bolsonaro? Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org.Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-would-handle-an-extradition-request-brazils-bolsonaro-expeditiously-official-2023-03-15/