Monday 8 January 2024
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR
9-915
REDSEA: Market rumour that the shippers are paying the Houthis for protection.
https://www.fdd.org/podcasts/2024/01/05/strait-talk-on-the-houthis/
915-930
#Ukraine: Zelensky on the back foot, talk of confiscating Russian assets & What is to be done Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/01/06/us-voter-support-for-ukraine-waning-poll-reveals/
930-945
#Nukes: Strategic posture Commission determines that the US has no deterrence against a Russian or Chinese tactical nuke attack. Peter Huessy, president of Geostrategic Analysis and a fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, on the attached essay and this:
945-1000
#Taiwan: DPP in a strong position with last polling. Stephen Yates, chair of the America First Policy Institute's China Policy Initiative, on this:
https://www.voanews.com/a/first-time-voters-could-swing-taiwan-s-election-/7429012.html
SECOND HOUR
10-1015
#Israel: Preparing for Hezbollah War of the North. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
1015-1030
#Antisemitism: Qatar money and the Palestinian fans on college campuses. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
https://www.kbtx.com/2024/01/07/texas-am-president-responds-national-security-qatar-campus-rumors/
1030-1045
1/2: #SCOTUS: The Colorado Case and the question of "self-executing" Fourteenth Amendment. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution
1045-1100
2/2: #SCOTUS: The Colorado Case and the question of "self-executing" Fourteenth Amendment. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution
THIRD HOUR
1100-1115
#Pakistan: Imran Khan alleges Washington forced him from the premiership. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute
1115-1130
#Pakistan: The Army proposes and the Army Disposals prime ministers. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute
1130-1145
1/2: #Seapower: What the US Navy needs now and tomorrow to maintain its four missions. Jim Talent, Reagan Institute. Jerry Hendrix, Sagamore Institute NRO.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/01/politifact-gets-it-wrong-again-the-navy-needs-more-ships/
1145-1200
2/2: #Seapower: What the US Navy needs now and tomorrow to maintain its four missions. Jim Talent, Reagan Institute. Jerry Hendrix, Sagamore Institute NRO.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/01/politifact-gets-it-wrong-again-the-navy-needs-more-ships/
FOURTH HOUR
12-1215
#NewWorldReport: Argentina's Milei has adversaries in plenty. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire
1215-1230
#NewWorldReport: Maduro will hold an election and win. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-extends-committee-protect-overseas-assets-by-one-year-2024-01-05/
1230-1245
#NewWorldReport: Lula commemorates January 8. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire
1245-100 am
#NewWorldReport: Guatemala transition remains in question by the Jurisdocracy. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2024/01/05/guatemala-arevalo-transition-democracy/