CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine: Cutting off Crimea.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/07/19/thousands-evacuated-after-crimea-ammunition-depot-fire/

915-930

#Ukraine:  The Russian alliance with China & What is to be done? Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-prepares-for-naval-drills-with-russia-in-sign-of-continuing-support-amid-ukraine-conflict/ar-AA1e3Oz2

930-945

#NYC: Brooklyn brightens as Manhattan fades. Harry Siegel, The City, NY Daily News

https://www.thecity.nyc/manhattan/2022/7/14/23219502/manhattan-loses-businesses-as-brooklyn-gains-in-stark-tale-of-two-boroughs

 

945-1000

#France: In the heat: Harvesting the wheat crop while watching the sunflowers surge. Simon Constable, Occitane

https://www.foxnews.com/world/southern-europe-prepares-heat-wave-cerberus-expects-temperatures-reach-113-degrees-fahrenheit

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#PRC: Where in the world is FM Qin Gang? Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/china/china-qin-gang-absence-intl-hnk/index.html

1015-1030

#Taiwan: The constant threats wear down readiness. Mark Kao, president of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs . @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-plan-to-preserve-peace-between-china-and-taiwan-candidate-election-race-war-7046ee00

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-ruling-party-pledges-steady-hand-opposition-rallies-2023-07-16/

 

1030-1045

NorthKorea: Jake Sullivan mentions a nuclear test threat. David Maxwell, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and senior fellow at the Global Peace Foundation, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://thehill.com/policy/international/4100170-national-security-adviser-it-wouldnt-be-a-surprise-if-north-korea-conducts-another-nuclear-test/

https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-detains-us-national-who-crossed-military-demarcation-line

 

1045-1100
#PRC: The pace of the provocations & What is to be done? James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/politics/us-attack-submarines-repair/index.html

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#NewWorldReport: Panama and Guatemala elections entangled by law.. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-court-finds-former-president-martinelli-guilty-money-laundering-2023-07-18/

1115-1130

#NewWorldReport: The maverick Nayib Bukele. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

  https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-arrests-more-than-100-colombians-financial-scheme-2023-07-18/   

 

1130-1145

#NewWorldReport:: The Mexican election of 2025 and dirty tricks.Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-president-leaks-purported-details-political-rivals-finances-2023-07-15/

 

1145-1200

#NewWorldReport: Taiwan travels to Paraguay. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-vice-president-attend-paraguay-inauguration-next-month-2023-07-17/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/paraguay-would-love-more-trade-with-china-taiwan-better-development-2023-07-15/

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#Russia: Slow and inevitable shrinking of an economy based on commodities. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution

1215-1230

#HotelMars: Direct Fusion rocket power, 3 months to Mars. Stephanie Thomas, Princeton Satellite Systems

https://www.psatellite.com

1230-1245
#SpaceX Another round of private investment moves the enterprise to $150 Billion. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-to-raise-another-750-million-in-stock-sale-earnings-rise-to-8-billion-in-23/

1245-100 AM

#Australia: Third stage of an ISRO rocket washes up on shore. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/an-apparent-rocket-section-washes-up-on-australian-coast/