The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 9 August 2023

Air Date: 
August 09, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine: Divide and conquer or grain deal to ceasefire talks? George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-09/turkey-seeks-expanded-grain-deal-as-step-to-peace-in-ukraine?cmpid=BBD080923_CEU&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=230809&utm_campaign=closeeurope&sref=5g4GmFHo

915-930
#CCNY: The education of George Friedman:  George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures:

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/thinking-about-school/

930-945

#UKRAINE: Poland deploys on the Belarus border.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-send-2000-troops-reinforce-belarus-border-2023-08-09/

 

945-1000

#Ukraine: Escalation on and off the battlefield.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsonco

lhttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/09/world/russia-ukraine-news

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#PRC: Messaging the PLA: James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/08/b-21-raider-unveiling-a-message-to-china-and-russia-you-bet/

 

1015-1030

#Tibet: Mass detention clues.  Tenzin Norgay,  research analyst at The International Campaign for Tibet: @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill . 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/27/satellite-data-sheds-light-on-chinas-detention-facilities-in-tibet

 

1030-1045

#Brussels: #PRC: Europe starts to turn away from Beijing. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, on this;

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/italy-suggests-exit-chinas-belt-road-shift-us-rcna97230

 

1045-1100

#PRC:  Naive and greedy USA. . Brandon Weichert, author of the just-released Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life, on this: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/business/economy/biden-china-companies-restrictions.html

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-ban-some-investments-in-china-71f519d6?mod=hp_lead_pos3

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

1/2: #NewWorldReport: Eight Amazon nations at Belem & What is to be done? The Amazon at Belem Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/amazon-nations-summit-faces-fault-lines-oil-deforestation-2023-08-07/

 

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/amazon-indigenous-chief-raoni-warns-disaster-if-deforestation-not-stopped-2023-08-05/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/environmentalists-step-up-amazon-monitoring-fire-season-picks-up-2023-08-05/

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/amazon-rainforest-gold-mining-is-poisoning-scores-threatened-species-2023-08-05/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/amazon-nations-set-up-rainforest-science-panel-brazilian-minister-2023-08-04/

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/deforestation-brazils-amazon-falls-66-july-2023-08-03/

 

1115-1130

2/2: #NewWorldReport: Eight Amazon nations at Belem & What is to be done? The Amazon at Belem Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/amazon-nations-summit-faces-fault-lines-oil-deforestation-2023-08-07/

 

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/amazon-indigenous-chief-raoni-warns-disaster-if-deforestation-not-stopped-2023-08-05/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/environmentalists-step-up-amazon-monitoring-fire-season-picks-up-2023-08-05/

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/amazon-rainforest-gold-mining-is-poisoning-scores-threatened-species-2023-08-05/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/amazon-nations-set-up-rainforest-science-panel-brazilian-minister-2023-08-04/

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/deforestation-brazils-amazon-falls-66-july-2023-08-03/

 

1130-1145

#NewWorldReport: Argentina devaluation. The Amazon at Belem Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/argentinas-presidential-hopefuls-face-devaluation-conundrum/ar-AA1eVbLH

1145-1200

#NewWorldReport:  The Colombia/Panama Border.Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-blasts-colombia-inaction-darien-gap-migrants-2023-08-05/

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#University: Denunciations on campus. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution.

https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/07/the-remaking-of-america/

 

1215-1230

#DOJ: #SCOTUS: #LAPD: Under assault.  Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution.

https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/07/the-remaking-of-america/

 

1230-1245

#Boeing: Starliner delayed again. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

1245-100 

#Mars: Ingenuity returns to full nominal for #54. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com