The John Batchelor Show

Monday 23 May 2022

Air Date: 
May 23, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915        
#AfterAfghanistan: The abandoned Ghani government. Bill Roggio, FDD.  Husain Haqqani @husainhaqqani, former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States; Director, South & Central Asia, Hudson Institute 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-watchdog-details-collapse-of-afghan-security-forces/ar-AAXoW65
 

915-930         
#Pakistan: Unstable by Imran Khan. Bill Roggio, FDD.  Husain Haqqani @husainhaqqani, former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States; Director, South & Central Asia,  Hudson Institute
https://apnews.com/article/politics-pakistan-islamabad-elections-arrests-52659233f1ca111b429597ab258d1a62
 

930-945          
1/2: #Energy: Fraught. Richard A Epstein, @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInst, Tisch Professor of Law NYU Bedford Senior Fellow; Hoover Institution;  senior lecturer, University of Chicago Law School.   
https://www.hoover.org/research/all-wrong-moves-energy-markets
 

945-1000          
2/2: #Energy: Fraught. Richard A Epstein, @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInst, Tisch Professor of Law NYU Bedford Senior Fellow; Hoover Institution;  senior lecturer, University of Chicago Law School.   
https://www.hoover.org/research/all-wrong-moves-energy-markets

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015         
#Ukraine: Forever wars return in Eurasia. Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation Magazine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/11/endless-war-in-ukraine-is-bad-for-everyone/
 

1015-1030         
#Italy: Mario Draghi's four-point plan to end the war with diplomacy. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.
https://news.yahoo.com/italy-proposes-four-stage-plan-162500662.html
 

1030-1045         
#Australia: Climate change wins the election. Scott Mayman @CBSNews 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/albanese-sworn-in-as-pm-in-australia-ahead-of-tokyo-summit/ar-AAXBllc
 

1045-1100         
#Markets: "Just Fine." Brett Arends, Marketwatch ROI, Barron’s.  
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jpmorgan-says-u-s-consumers-are-doing-just-fine-11653327789
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-buying-back-stock-enjoy-a-discount-as-markets-tumble-11653298202

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115         
#Iran: Assassinations. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1   @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
https://apnews.com/article/politics-middle-east-iran-israel-ef42b4d6b0959d76ed68ba1f8cb4e2ac
 
 
1115-1130          
"Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Palace of Herod at Banias. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1   @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/ruins-at-banias-king-herods-palace-identified-at-caesarea-philippi/
 

1130-1145         
#SouthKorea: No more appeasement. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.   David Maxwell, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-south-korea-expanded-military-drills-to-deter-north/
 

1145-1200         
#Taiwan: "Yes."  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill    Stephen Yates, chair of the America First Policy Institute's new China Policy Initiative
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/biden-says-us-willing-to-use-force-to-defend-taiwan.html
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215         
#NewWorldReport: Gustavo Petro in the lead for the first round.    Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org   Ernesto Araujo, former Foreign Minister of Brazil, @ernestofaraujo.
https://www.ft.com/content/927a92d3-a4fb-4a37-bb23-414ebcc1a672
 

1215-1230          
#NewWorldReport: Summit of the Americas.  Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org Ernesto Araujo, former Foreign Minister of Brazil, @ernestofaraujo.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/summit-of-the-americas-invites-are-out-but-no-final-decision-on-excluding-cuba-white-house-says/ar-AAXxF2d

1230-1245          
#NewWorldReport:  Conceding to Maduro. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org Ernesto Araujo, former Foreign Minister of Brazil, @ernestofaraujo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/us/politics/us-venezuela-oil-sanctions.html
 

1245-100  AM         
#NewWorldReport: Appeasing Cuba.  Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org Ernesto Araujo, former Foreign Minister of Brazil, @ernestofaraujo.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-ends-trump-era-cuba-restrictions-worst-political-moment-n1295533