Wednesday 20 October 2021
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
Wednesday 20 October 2021
FIRST HOUR
9-915 The call to postpone and move the 2022 Winter games from Beijing. Nury Turkel @nuryturkel . @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/us-olympians-voice-concern-over-human-rights-ahead-beijing-2022-2021-10-20/
Nury Turkel, commissioner at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
915-930 The leading Korean presidential candidate appears decidedly anti-US and pro-China. @DrTaraO. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/10/16/south-koreas-ruling-party-bets-on-an-anti-establishment-figure
Tara O, adjunct Fellow, Pacific Forum CSIS, and Fellow at the Institute for Corean-American Studies. (https://eastasiaresearch.org/) @DrTaraO.
930-945
945-1000 India talks Abraham Accords with Israel, UAE and the US. @CleoPaskal, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-moves-to-take-advantage-of-abraham-accords-joins-israel-uae-us-in-new-quad-1041900.html
Cleo Paskal @CleoPaskal, associate Fellow at Chatham House; Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, India; adjunct professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies, Kochi, India. Non-resident senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
SECOND HOUR
10-1015 Sir David Amess: The mystery of the murder of an honorable man. Adrian Wooldridge @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/news/the-tories-are-deadly-serious-about-levelling-up/21805357?frsc=dg%7Ce
The Economist | Toiling towards the sunlit uplands
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1510768610/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_thcv_p1_i0
1015-1030 Labour is not charismatic; & what is to be done? Adrian Wooldridge @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/britain/sir-keir-starmer-is-sailing-the-labour-party-in-the-right-direction/21805116?frsc=dg%7Ce
The Economist | A blustery week
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1510768610/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_thcv_p1_i0
1030-1045 Winter is coming tonight. Simon Constable @RealConstable @Forbes Edinburgh, Barrons, WSJ
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/7874544/scotland-weather-arctic-air-plunging-temperatures-gusts/
1045-1100 Moscow warns of full lockdown. Felix Light @CBSNews @MoscowTimes
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/10/20/moscow-will-go-into-full-lockdown-if-cases-dont-fall-government-order-a75355
THIRD HOUR
1100-1115 Remembering the life and times of General and Secretary of State Colin Powell. Jeff McCausland @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-has-no-idea-who-colin-powell-really-was-ncna1281846
1115-1130 To invade Taiwan. Jeff McCausland @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol @CBSradio https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/taiwan-says-odds-of-war-with-china-in-next-year-very-low/ar-AAPIXRX
1130-1145 The PRC falls down. Gregory Copley @Gregory_Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/business/china-electricity-shortage.html
1145-1200 Journey to a newly-threatened Uzbekistan. Gregory Copley @Gregory_Copley,, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://thediplomat.com/2021/10/quiet-presidential-campaign-nearly-over-in-uzbekistan/
FOURTH HOUR
12-1215 #NewWorldReport: Reckoning for Colombia 21 years later. Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, Latin American Research U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/oct/19/jineth-bedoya-colombian-state-responsible-kidnap-torture-journalist
1215-1230 #NewWorldReport: SOUTHCOM along the watchtowers. Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, Latin American Research U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute.
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2718065/southcom-commander-nominee-us-must-remain-partner-of-choice-in-western-hemisphe/
1230-1245 #NewWorldReport: Ecuador emerges from failed socialism. Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, Latin American Research U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute.
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/10/14/guillermo-lassos-battle-against-populism-in-ecuador
1245-100 AM #NewWorldReport: What about a continental economy built on new supply chains? Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, Latin American Research. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute.
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/10/16/latin-americas-economies-have-an-opportunity-to-grow
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