The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 29 June 2022

Air Date: 
June 29, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915      
#Afghanistan: Earthquakes and the Taliban. Bill Roggio, FDD @LongWarJournal @LongWarJournal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3539500-us-sending-nearly-55-million-more-in-aid-to-afghanistan-after-earthquake/
 
 
 
915-930      
#Somalia. AlQaeda: El Shabaab grows. Bill Roggio, FDD
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2022/06/ep-72-somalias-controversial-ex-nisa-chief.php
 
 

930-945       
#SpaceX: NASA holds Starship construction plans for Cape Canaveral. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-blocks-starship-superheavy-launches-at-spacexs-new-florida-launchpad/
 
 

945-1000      
#Mars: Percy starts climbing. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/perseverances-first-climb/
 

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015      
#PRC:  NATO vs the PLA. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 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.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/systemic-challenge-or-worse-nato-members-wrangle-over-how-treat-china-2022-06-27/
 
 

1015-1030     
#HongKong. #PRC: Xi comes to town.   Mark Simon, Jimmy Lai's long-time deputy and director at the now-closed Apple Daily, on Jimmy's status.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/29/media/china-xi-hong-kong-media-intl-hnk/index.html
 
 

1030-1045       
#EU #Ukraine #Russia   Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/29/china/china-nato-g7-russia-ukraine-intl-hnk-mic/index.html
Theresa Fallon. @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil
 Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS) NR Snr Fellow
Theresa Fallon. @TheresaAFallon. Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS)NR Snr Fellow. @ChicagoCouncil 
 
 

1045-1100       
#NorthKoreas: An Asian NATO. David Maxwell  @DavidMaxwell161  @FDD, Army Special Forces colonel (ret); Fellow, Institute of Corean American Studies
https://www.donga.com/en/article/all/20220628/3475630/1

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115      
#Ukraine:  NATO grows. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 
 
 

1115-1130      
#Ukraine: Make a desert and call it peace.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/06/us-boosts-forces-europe-nato-names-russia-most-significant-and-direct-threat/368761/
 
 

1130-1145       
#Markets: Commodities cool; Scotland heats up. Simon Constable, Edinburgh.
https://time.com/section/business/
Simon Constable,  Forbes Edinburgh; 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.   
 
 

1145-1200      
#Turkey:  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the campaign trail. Sinan Ciddi, FDD
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/06/24/erdogan-announces-presidential-candidacy/
Sinan Ciddi, Ph.D.; FDD;  Associate Professor of National Security Studies, Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University
 
 
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215      
#Ukraine. Russia: Unknowns of the sovereign debt default. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution
https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-in-default-on-sovereign-debt-blames-us-for-blocking-payments-/6635531.html
 
 

1215-1230       
#NATO: Seeking American leadership; & What is to be done? @AmbJohnBolton, Washington Examiner https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/the-case-for-american-leadership
 
 

1230-1245      
#NewWorldReport:  Gustavo Petro and Nicola Maduro.  Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org.  Ernesto Araujo, @ernestofaraujo. former Foreign Minister of Brazil.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/maduros-fortune-petro-colombia-and-left-leaning-latin-america
 
 

1245-100 AM       
#NewWorldReport:  Ecuador disorder over fuel and inflation. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org.  Ernesto Araujo, @ernestofaraujo. former Foreign Minister of Brazil.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-confirms-soldier-killed-attack-fuel-convoy-2022-06-28/