The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 16 March 2022

Air Date: 
March 16, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR
          
9-915            
#Ukraine: Russian armor fail where the U.S. dollar succeeds. George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-tank-and-i/?tpa=MDM4NzM4YTE4MTViYzk3ZjIyMjNmZTE2NDgxMzYwOTY4MGYzYjQ&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-tank-and-i/?tpa=MDM4NzM4YTE4MTViYzk3ZjIyMjNmZTE2NDgxMzYwOTY4MGYzYjQ&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
 
 

915-930             
#Ukraine: Canada's satellite in the war
Michael Wall  @MichaelDWall, senior space writer with Space.com  ; David Livingston The Space Show.
https://www.amazon.com/Out-There-Scientific-Antimatter-Cosmically/dp/1538729377
https://www.space.com/canada-satellite-imagery-for-ukraine-russia-invasion
 

930-945            
#Ukraine: Refugees arrive in the transformed EU. Stanley Pignal @spignal. Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief for  @TheEconomist.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/03/12/europe-is-doing-a-good-job-helping-refugees-from-ukraine
 

945-1000            
#Ukraine: Whistleblowing Chekhists at the Kremlin. @PaulR_Gregory @TheHill
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/598397-do-reported-russian-whistleblower-accounts-indicate-a-crack-in-putins

 
 

SECOND HOUR         
  

10-1015 
#Ukraine: Internally Displaced Persons overwhelm. @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/15/ukrainian-governor-pleads-for-no-fly-zone/
 
 

1015-1030          
#Ukraine: The Russian economy plunges into the unknown. Michael Bernstam @HooverInst
Michael Bernstam @HooverInst , research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, 
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.
https://www.ft.com/content/6cfb5fef-4b61-4432-a5de-4486c95f1d19
 
 

1030-1045            
#Ukraine: Russia's small business unemployed.  @Felix_Light @CBSNews @MoscowTimes
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/15/for-russias-small-businesses-instagram-ban-deals-a-huge-blow-a76931
 
 
1045-1100            
#Ukraine: Commodities go to war. Simon Constable @RealConstable; Time Magazine
https://time.com/6156679/car-prices-ukraine-russia/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115 
#Ukraine: Russian column reported destroyed; & What is to be done? Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-russia-voznesensk-town-battle-11647444734
 

1115-1130            
#Ukraine:  Why the S-300 for Ukraine? Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 
 
 
1130-1145            
#Ukraine: Roscosmos losing. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/oneweb-and-arianespace-scramble-to-find-a-rocket-to-launch-satellites/
 

1145-1200            
#Moon: Dune buggy 2022. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/startup-astrolab-unveils-its-manned-lunar-rover-design/

 

FOURTH HOUR           

12-1215 
Russia and PRC grab at the Arctic. Charles Burton, MacDonald Laurier Institute. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.   
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/china-nuclear-threats-russia-threats-us-wake-up-call-gordon-chang
 

1215-1230            
Russia and PRC trash-talk nukes. Rick Fisher @CSIS, senior Fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center.
@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.  
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-chinas-potential-long-game-first-dominate-russia-then-on-to-the-arctic/
 

1230-1245            
#PRC: Nearby Pearl Harbor. @CleoPaskal @FDD   ;  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 

Cleo Paskal, non-resident Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
https://www.solomonstarnews.com/prc-ambassador-introduces-china-police-liaison-team-to-pm/
https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/china-moves-dominate-pacific-u-s-mired-ukraine
 

1245-100 AM            
#Ukraine: Brussels awakens alongside NATO. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.  Theresa Fallon  @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies
Theresa Fallon. @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil    Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS) NR Sr Fellow
https://www.reuters.com/world/nato-nations-meet-brussels-march-24-says-stoltenberg-2022-03-15/
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/europe/ukraine-nato-zelensky-shift/index.html