The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 26 January 2022

Air Date: 
January 26, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
 

FIRST HOUR   
9-915  
 
Photo:
#Ukraine: NATO "standby." Jeff McCausland  @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/where-nato-forces-are-deployed-2022-01-24/
"You break it, you bought it"

 
915-930   
 
Photo:
#Ukraine: Diplomacy inside NATO.  Jeff McCausland  @mccauslJ  @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-delivers-response-to-russian-demands-amid-ukraine-crisis-11643220014
 
 

930-945  
 
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PRC bullies and romances Europe.  Theresa Fallon @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil, director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/lithuania-considers-modifying-taiwan-representation-name-defuse-row-with-china-2022-01-25/
 
Theresa Fallon. @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil
 Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS) NR Snr Fellow. 
 
 
 
 

945-1000   
 
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Cold war defector. Rick Fisher, senior Fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
 
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1554695/China-rocket-scientist-defects-West-MI6-global-tensions
 
 

 

SECOND HOUR   

10-1015 
 
Photo:
#Ukraine: War-war unknowns. George Friedman @George_Friedman @GeopoliticalFutures.
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-russian-mystery/?tpa=YTE1ODdjZDA0OGRmMjRiZWIzZjliZTE2NDM5MDI0ODUwZDVkZGI&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-russian-mystery/?tpa=YTE1ODdjZDA0OGRmMjRiZWIzZjliZTE2NDM5MDI0ODUwZDVkZGI&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
 
George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures
 

1015-1030 
 
Photo:
#Ukraine: Turkey in between. George Friedman,  @George_Friedman @GeopoliticalFutures. 
 
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/daily-memo-turkish-power-cuts-russia-cuba-talks/?tpa=YTE1ODdjZDA0OGRmMjRiZWIzZjliZTE2NDM5MDI0ODUwZDVkZGI&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/daily-memo-turkish-power-cuts-russia-cuba-talks/?tpa=YTE1ODdjZDA0OGRmMjRiZWIzZjliZTE2NDM5MDI0ODUwZDVkZGI&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
 
George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures
 
 

1030-1045 
 
Photo:
The PRC Faux Venice called the PRC Faux Florence. Anne Stevenson-Yang .   @doumenzi, co-founder of J Capital Research Ltd, and author of China Alone: The Emergence From, and Pending Return To, Isolation.  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-common-prosperity-to-squeeze-cash-strapped-local-governments-11643115843
 
 
1045-1100  
 
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Himalayan standoff.  Cleo Paskal  @CleoPaskal, non-resident Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-strategic-significance-of-bridge-china-is-building-on-pangong-tso-7736021/lite/
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.

 

THIRD HOUR  

1100-1115 
 
Photo:
Keystone dairy and the price of fossil fuels. Salenazito.com
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2022/01/23/From-the-Pa-Farm-Show-Energy-costs-are-top-concern/stories/202201230024
 

1115-1130    
 
Photo:
High school football prayers at the Supreme Court. Salenazito.com
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/does-a-seattle-area-coach-have-a-prayer-in-his-supreme-court-case

 
 
1130-1145  
 
Photo:
2015 Falcon 9 stage targets the Moon.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/falcon-9-upper-stage-to-impact-moon/
 

1145-1200   
 
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Does.  Doesn't  Water.  Mars. Does. Doesn't.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-study-says-mars-does-not-have-liquid-water-under-its-south-pole/
 
 

FOURTH HOUR  

12-1215 
 
Photo:
Occitane France and the pandemic living is easy. Simon Constable @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes. Edinburgh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitanie
Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes
economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.   
 

1215-1230     
 
Photo:
Scotland prepares for a 1745 replay.  Simon Constable @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes. Edinburgh
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/01/23/nicola-sturgeon-vows-start-process-second-independence-referendum/
 
Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes
economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.   
 
 

1230-1245   
 
Photo:
Putin's party in the Duma calls for arming Luhansk and Donetsk. @Felix_Light @CBSNews
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/26/russia-ruling-party-urges-the-kremlin-to-arm-ukraine-separatists-a76161
 
 

1245-100 AM   
 
Photo:
"George W. Bush advocated bringing Ukraine and Georgia into NATO in 2008." @AmbJohnBolton
 
https://nypost.com/2022/01/23/putins-playing-chess-in-ukraine-and-biden-steps-in-as-pawn/