CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine: The Griner-Bout exchange and negotiations. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

https://news.yahoo.com/griner-bout-wnba-star-freed-130827148.html

915-930

#Ukraine: #UK: #EU: Cold weather and the many winters ahead without peace in Europe. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/at-un-us-and-russia-accuse-each-other-of-no-interest-in-ukraine-talks/

930-945

#ScalaReport: Resurgence of the pandemic and the "Zombie office buildings" of NYC and SF. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com

https://on.ft.com/3P0TGWY

945-1000
#Nicaragua: Silence of the Vatican. Mary Anastasia O'Grady WSJOpinion. 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/while-nicaragua-burns-rome-fiddles-pope-francis-ortega-religious-political-persecution-radio-opponent-prison-11670187773

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#NewWorldReport:  Rebellion Lima. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63899457

1015-1030

#NewWorldReport: AMLO dissents.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-12-07/reaction-in-americas-region-to-ousting-of-perus-castillo

1030-1045

#NewWorldReport:Lula da Silva concedes cautiously Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-12-07/reaction-in-americas-region-to-ousting-of-perus-castillo

1045-1100

#NewWorldReport:#Guyana: Suriname: French Guiana: Treasure and threats.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis

https://en.mercopress.com/2022/11/18/venezuela-after-guyana-s-oil-claiming-border-dispute-in-the-hague

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#Qatar: FIFA: Moav Vardi is head of the foreign news desk at Israel's public broadcaster Kan 11, and host of its daily news show "The World Today." Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
 
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/football/israeli-journalists-doha-mime-spt-intl/index.html
https://forward.com/opinion/527259/qatar-harassing-israeli-journalists-world-cup/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/world/middleeast/qatar-israel-world-cup-arab-palestinian.html

1115-1130

Iran: Dr. Saeed Ghasseminejad is a senior Iran and financial economics advisor at FDD specializing in Iran’s economy and financial markets, sanctions and illicit finance. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
 
https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20221205-iran-protests-morality-police-continue-disbanded-mahsa-amini
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-city-shops-shut-step-up-pressure-clerical-rulers-2022-12-05/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/04/iranian-protesters-call-for-three-day-strike-as-pressure-on-regime-builds
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63900099
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-says-it-has-executed-4-alleged-mossad-agents-accused-of-spying-for-israel/

1130-1145

#Kurdistan: #Iraq: #Iran: #Syria: Jonathan Spyer director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis (MECRA),  a  Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Strategy and Security and a Fellow at the Middle East Forum. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
https://jonathanspyer.com/
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/07/cia-warned-turkey-strikes-syria-kurds-us-troops
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/21/iran-attacks-positions-in-northern-iraq-targeting-kurdish-groupso

1145-1200

#Tunisia: #rabSpring: Sabina Henneberg is a 2022-23 Soref Fellow at The Washington Institute. Author of the 2020 book Managing Transition: The First Post-Uprising Phase in Tunisia and Libya (Cambridge), Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/tunisians-pessimistic-ahead-parliamentary-election
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/how-engage-tunisias-new-constitutional-republic
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/tunisia/2022/12/07/tunisias-parliamentary-elections-everything-you-need-to-know/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#MrMarket: Beward Lame Duck Congress and Inflation. Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus

https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/12/22/december-is-no-time-to-ignore-congress

1215-1230

#Canada:: Puzzling disrespect for the historical record. Conrad Black, The National Post.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/anti-woke-heroes-pushing-back-against-canadas-self-destructive-torpor

1230-1245

#Ukraine:  Talking about talking the the Griner-Bout exchange. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://news.yahoo.com/griner-bout-wnba-star-freed-130827148.html

1245-100 am

#NATO: #Ukraine:  Pre-positiIon war fighting in Poland. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/new-shipment-of-us-military-equipment-delivered-to-poland/