CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915
#Ukraine:  What are the options in the Red Sea?  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/world/europe/russia-interest-rates-inflation.html

915-930
#Ukraine:  Debating drafting 500,000.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

930-945

#Russia: The Bank of Russia at 16% and climbing. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/world/europe/russia-interest-rates-inflation.html

945-1000

#Houthis: #Iran: Deterrence works & What is to be done? John Bolton, Washington Post.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-20/yemen-s-houthis-vow-more-attacks-on-ships-in-red-sea-despite-us-naval-force?srnd=premium-asia&sref=5g4GmFHor

SECOND HOUR

10-1015
#PRC: #Russia: What is the scale of the threat? Jonathan Ward, author of the just-released The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hillhttps://apnews.com/article/japan-us-china-russia-commander-military-b8aae52f021dd7f57595512d069797fe 
1015-1030#PRC: Beijing searches for a way out of the property crater. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2023/12/15/beijings-remedy-for-the-great-property-crisis-is-doomed-to-fail/

 

1030-1045

#Houthis: What is the US Navy plan to respond? James Fanell, government fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and retired U.S. Navy captain who served as director of Intelligence and Information Operations of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL:

https://www.newsweek.com/real-force-behind-houthis-attacks-us-warships-isnt-iran-its-china-opinion-1853867

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/world/europe/russia-interest-rates-inflation.html

 

1045-1100

#Canada: #PRC: Fence-sitting on the Beijing threat. Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-china-committee-report-pension-investments-1.7060669

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
#NewWorldReport: The Monroe Doctrine and the defense of Guyana.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/uk-minister-visits-guyana-amid-border-dispute-with-venezuela-2023-12-18/

1115-1130

#NewWorldReport: Chile: Votes for the status quo.. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/moodys-fitch-say-chiles-polarization-social-demands-persist-after-constitution-2023-12-18/

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chileans-reject-conservative-draft-constitution-too-extreme-2023-12-19/

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chileans-head-polls-again-replace-dictatorship-era-constitution-2023-12-17/

1130-1145

#NewWorldReport: #Panama disorder deepens. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/markets/panama-lowers-2024-economic-growth-estimate-about-25-2023-12-19/

https://www.reuters.com/business/drought-hit-panama-canal-increase-shipping-slots-2023-12-15/

 

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/panama-starts-process-first-quantums-mine-definitive-closure-2023-12-15/

 
1145-1200

#NewWorldReport: #Mexico: The border is damaging trade between Mexico and the US. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/latin-america-unemployment-near-decade-low-2023-may-reverse-next-year-un-labor-2023-12-19/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-challenge-texas-new-inhumane-migration-law-president-says-2023-12-19/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#SpaceX: Another round of environment lawsuits to slow or block the Boca Chica launch facility. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/spacex-completes-static-fire-test-in-push-toward-third-starship-launch/

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/environmental-groups-file-another-complaint-attempting-to-stop-spacex-launches-at-boca-chica/

1215-1230

#JamesWebbSpaceTelescope. Uranus and some of its moons. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/webb-takes-another-infrared-image-of-uranus/

1230-1245

1/2: #EndangeredSpecies Act: Turns 50 years old and most needs articulate renovation. Jonathan Wood, PERC, Bozeman, Montana.

https://perc.org/2023/09/20/a-field-guide-for-wildlife-recovery/

1245-100 am
2//2: #EndangeredSpecies Act: Turns 50 years old and most needs articulate renovation. Jonathan Wood, PERC, Bozeman, Montana

https://perc.org/2023/09/20/a-field-guide-for-wildlife-recovery/