The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 2 June 2022

Air Date: 
June 02, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915       
1/2:  #Ukraine: The return of NSC 68 (1950)  and roll-back. Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol    Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.  Georgetown University 
Atlantic Monthly.
https://quincyinst.org/2022/06/01/cold-war-catastrophes-the-u-s-can-avoid-this-time/
 
 

915-930       
2/2:  #Ukraine: The return of NSC 68 (1950) and roll-back. Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol    Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.  Georgetown University 
Atlantic Monthly.
https://quincyinst.org/2022/06/01/cold-war-catastrophes-the-u-s-can-avoid-this-time/
 
 

930-945       
#NYC: Gunplay and SCOTUS. Harry Siegel, @harrysiegel  @NYDailyNews and The Daily Beast.
https://www.nydailynews.com/harry-siegel-staff.html
 
 

945-1000       
#Turkey: Unearthed temple mysteries before farming. Piotr Zalewski, Turkey correspondent for @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/05/25/turkeys-temple-mounds-illuminate-the-birth-of-civilisation
 
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015        
#Markets: Inflation is the American Rescue Plan 2021 and Jerome Powell 2021. Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/06/22/when-will-magical-economic-thinking-from-biden-and-co-end
 
1015-1030       
#Venezuela. Entreating Caracas; & What is to be done? Mary Anastasia O’Grady, @MaryAnastasiaOG      Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist.  
https://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuela-sets-a-trap-for-biden-nicolas-maduro-oil-chevron-trade-negotiations-quid-pro-quo-11653596637
 
 
1030-1045       
#ScalaReport: Empty parking lots in Silicon Valley, and the Zombie of 2022. Chris Riegel, @Scala CEO,  @STRATACACHE, #TheScalaReport
https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/silicon-valley-vc-funds-are-the-unlikely-prophets-of-doom-20220601-p5aq8c
 

1045-1100       
#EU: Europeans learn to argue in a crisis. Stanley Pignal, @spignal. Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief for  @TheEconomist.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/06/02/europe-is-squabbling-but-remains-united-where-it-really-matters

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115       
#Paraguay: Assassination on the beach. Emanuele Ottolenghi, senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; expert at its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1.   
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/05/17/murder-on-the-beach/
Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi is a senior Fellow at FDD and an expert at FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) focused on Hezbollah’s Latin America illicit threat networks and Iran’s history of sanctions evasion. His research has examined Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including its links to the country’s energy sector and procurement networks. 
 
 

1115-1130       
#Israel: The meaning of Jerusalem Day. Dore GoldJerusalem Center for Public Affairs.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1  
https://jcpa.org/jerusalem-day-correcting-a-historical-injustice/
Ambassador Dore Gold has served as President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs since 2000. From June 2015 until October 2016, he served as Director-General of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously, he served as Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN (1997-1999), and as an advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
 

1130-1145       
#Iraq: Yazidis in war.  Michael Knights is the Jill and Jay Bernstein Fellow at The Washington Institute.   Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1   
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/ahrar-sinjar-fasail-employment-yazidi-community
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-707361
Michael Knights is the Jill and Jay Bernstein Fellow at The Washington Institute, specializing in the military and security affairs of IraqIran, and the Gulf states. He is a co-founder of the Militia Spotlight platform, which offers in-depth analysis of developments related to the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
 
 
1145-1200       
#Iran: Red Sea threats. Mickey Segall,  senior analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and at Acumen Risk Advisors.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 
https://www.jns.org/irgc-has-covert-presence-in-red-sea-says-top-defense-researcher/
Mickey Segall, IDF Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael (Mickey) Segall, an expert on strategic issues with a focus on Iran, terrorism, and the Middle East, is a senior analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and at Acumen Risk Advisors.  
 
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215       
#NewWorldReport: Colombia surprise. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article262046237.html
 
 

1215-1230       
#NewWorldReport: The uninvited.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/potential-for-a-high-profile-flop-looms-over-biden-administrations-prep-for-next-weeks-summit-of-the-americas/ar-AAXZL7v
 
 

1230-1245       
#NewWorldReport: #Chile fervor. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chiles-proposed-constitution-could-upend-its-free-market-model-11653915601
 
 

1245-100 AM      
#NewWorldReport: Robot mining in Peru. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/05/26/a-test-of-whether-big-mining-is-socially-sustainable
 
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