Thursday 3 August 2023
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR
9-915
#Ukraine: #SaudiArabia: MBS A -List Peace parley in Jeddah. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-insider/2023/08/02/why-saudi...
915-930
#Canada: The Trudeau Government of fads. Conrad Black, National Post
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/justin-trudeaus-great-liberal-death-wish
930-945
#Ukraine: The African Summit and Russian ambitions. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute
https://apnews.com/article/russia-africa-putin-ukraine-grain-food-be35ba...
945-1000
#Ukraine: #Russia: The BRICS and Russian ambitions. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/07/28/diplomacy-watch-putin-fight...
SECOND HOUR
10-1015
#SaudiArabia: Oval Office goal. Barak Ravid is a Contributing Correspondent at Axios. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.axios.com/2023/07/27/saudi-arabia-mbs-israel-normalization-biden-push
https://www.axios.com/2023/07/31/israel-mossad-cia-biden-saudi-arabia-normalization
https://www.inss.org.il/publication/saudi-arabia-normalization/
1015-1030
#Yemen: Hussain Abdul-Hussain is a research fellow at FDD. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-grant-yemen-12-bln-economic-aid-saudi-source-2023-08-01/
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/08/china-uae-to-hold-first-ever-joint-military-drill-likely-a-message-to-us-analysts/
1030-1045
#Hezbollah: Back-door. Tony Badran is a research fellow at FDD, where he focuses on Lebanon, Hezbollah, Syria, and the geopolitics of the Levant
/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/in-lebanon-israel-america-opposite-sides
1045-1100
#Lebanon: What drives the fighting in the camps? Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-palestinian-camp-ein-el-hilweh-clashes-7ea1ab956e65d6c61d0bdce8606f4227
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66354364
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/1/hezbollah-chief-urges-halt-to-palestinian-camp-clashes-in-lebanon
THIRD HOUR
1100-1115
##Australia: US: NewZealand: Canada: Britain: What is Five Eyes? George Friedman, @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/five-eyes-in-our-time/
1115-1130
#Poland: NATO enforcer. George Friedman, @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/poland-as-a-great-power/
1130-1145
#Mexico: PEMEX fail. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amlo-plays-a-shell-game-with-pemex-mexico-e...
1145-1200
#HotelMars: #PRC mission to the Moon 2029. Rick Fisher, International Assessment & Strategy Center, David Livingston, SpaceShpw.com
FOURTH HOUR
12-1215
#Market: Congress and the Executive ignore their own budget rules & What is to be done? Veronique deRugy, Mercatus Center
1215-1230
#Russia: Wall Street scores Billions on the 2022 Ruble trade.Michael Bernstam, Hoover.
1230-1245
#SEC: And climatology. Richard Epstein, Hoover
https://www.hoover.org/research/secs-pointless-climate-disclosures
1245-100 am
#Israel: Turmoil and politics. Richard Epstein, Hoover.
https://www.hoover.org/research/israels-crisis-democracy