The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 2 February 2022

Air Date: 
February 02, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR 
9-915 
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#PRC: Xi and Putin at Olympics.  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.  Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward,@jonathandtward; Atlas Organization; author, China's Vision of Victory
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/01/china-russia-ukraine/
 

915-930    
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#PRC: Taiwan obeys the IOC. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.  Stephen Yates  @YatesDCIA,, former deputy national security advisor to Vice President Cheney and currently CEO of DC International Advisory.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Sports/wireStory/taiwan-team-relents-attend-olympic-ceremonies-china-82598764
 

930-945   
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#Russia: Challenging the Monroe Doctrine. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.  James Holmes @NavalWarCollege, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/)
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/will-russian-aggression-revive-monroe-doctrine-199882
 

945-1000      
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#PRC: If Xi fails. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.newsweek.com/2022/02/11/if-xi-jinpings-zero-covid-olympic-coronation-fails-his-enemies-beijing-are-ready-1675166.html
 

SECOND HOUR     
10-1015  
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#Ukraine: Second Armored Cavalry Regiment to Romania. Colonel Jeff McCausland U.S. Army (ret.) @CBSNews Dickinson College
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44125/u-s-army-armored-vehicles-paratroopers-will-fan-out-in-europe-to-deter-putin
 

1015-1030      
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#Ukraine: Minsk II and the road ahead. Colonel Jeff McCausland U.S. Army (ret.) @CBSNews Dickinson College
https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-the-normandy-format-for-resolving-the-crisis-in-ukraine/a-60566531
 
 

1030-1045      
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The 27 foreign policies of the EU. Stanley Pignal. @spignal. Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief for  @TheEconomist.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/01/29/peace-and-order-reign-in-the-eu-but-seldom-near-it
 

1045-1100      
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PRC abuses Lithuania; & What is to be done?  Stanley Pignal. @spignal. Charlemagne columnist and Brussels bureau chief for  @TheEconomist.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/01/22/what-chinas-bullying-of-lithuania-reveals-about-europe

THIRD HOUR   
1100-1115  
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1/2: Target NATO. George Friedman, chairman, Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures @GeoPoliticalFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-true-strategy-shows-itself/?tpa=NjZmNmE2YjIzMjc2YTlmZWNmZWE3MDE2NDQ1MDcyODg3Zjg5ZGQ&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-true-strategy-shows-itself/?tpa=NjZmNmE2YjIzMjc2YTlmZWNmZWE3MDE2NDQ1MDcyODg3Zjg5ZGQ&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures
 
 
1115-1130      
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2/2: Target NATO. George Friedman, chairman, Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures @GeoPoliticalFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-true-strategy-shows-itself/?tpa=NjZmNmE2YjIzMjc2YTlmZWNmZWE3MDE2NDQ1MDcyODg3Zjg5ZGQ&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russias-true-strategy-shows-itself/?tpa=NjZmNmE2YjIzMjc2YTlmZWNmZWE3MDE2NDQ1MDcyODg3Zjg5ZGQ&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published

 
 
1130-1145    
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Gold Star Family of Captain Shawn L. English, KIA December 3, 2006; the letter to POTUS in re: Iran.  Bradley Bowman @FDD, & Former @WestPointSosh, @USArmy officer.
 https://www.scribd.com/document/552896192/Open-Letter-to-President-Biden-January-13-2022?secret_password=C8jZ1OPiHWKcIM5v4WIF

 
1145-1200     
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The Displaced Ukrainian Families on Russian Media. @Felix_Light @CBSNews @MoscowTimes
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/02/i-havent-forgotten-that-ukraine-is-my-homeland-donbas-natives-in-russia-dread-new-war-a76234

FOURTH HOUR  
12-1215  
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The Bears and the Bulls look to history. Simon Constable @TheRealConstable. Edinburgh Scotland.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2022/01/31/challenging-year-ahead-for-wall-street-investors---cfra/?sh=4239466f5276
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2022/01/30/history-says-federal-reserve-induced-stock-rout-wont-last/?sh=df9c8ca6656c
 

1215-1230     
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Holyrood vs Parliament in the pandemic.  Simon Constable @TheRealConstable. Edinburgh Scotland.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/what-time-is-nicola-sturgeon-s-announcement-today-when-to-watch-scotland-covid-update-and-the-current-rules/ar-AATlRkR
 
 

1230-1245      
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PRC supremacy in space. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/chinas-plans-to-dominate-space-revealed-in-a-new-chinese-government-white-paper/
 
1245-100    
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Starship Enterprise in Deep Space. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-galactic-starship-enterprise/