CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#FRANCE: Spring in bloom and worry for the tea fleet. Simon Constable, Occitanie.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2024/02/26/red-sea-attacks-on-shipping-brings-another-pinch---a-tea-shortage/?sh=4ffc789c6ffc

915-930

#UK: The poisonous language in Parliament. Simon Constable, Occitanie.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/lee-anderson-leaves-the-door-open-for-a-return-to-the-conservative-party-as-he-tells-the-reaction-it-s-up-to-rishi-what-happens-next/ar-BB1j3ZsG

930-945

1/2: #EU: #NATO: The reluctance to defend Europe. Jakub Grygiel, Hoover Institution.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-has-more-to-fear-than-trump-national-security-complacency-eu-6e193465?st=r80n5cdvy6kyppz&reflink=article_copyURL_share

 

945-1000

2/2: #EU: #NATO: The reluctance to defend Europe. Jakub Grygiel, Hoover Institution.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-has-more-to-fear-than-trump-national-security-complacency-eu-6e193465?st=r80n5cdvy6kyppz&reflink=article_copyURL_share

SECOND HOUR

10-1015
#NORTHKOREA: Cuba shakes hands with Seoul. David Maxwell, vice president of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.voanews.com/a/seoul-s-diplomatic-ties-with-havana-seen-as-diplomatic-setback-for-pyongyang-/7496043.html

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/02/103_369441.html

 
1015-1030

#PRC: The windowless abandoned mansions of China. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hillhttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-property-foreclosures-surge-growth-095915227.html

 

 

 

 

 

https://amp.scmp.com/business/article/3252970/chinas-home-prices-fall-slower-pace-beijing-steps-resuscitate-property-sector

1030-1045

#SPACEX: Musk, Taiwan, Congress, Tesla: the confusion of commerce and security.  

Brandon Weichert, author of Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: 

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/02/24/house-china-committee-elon-musk-spacex-starshield-taiwan.html

 

1045-1100

#CANADA: #PRC bids for Canada's riche  Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

shttps://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chinese-money-still-chasing-canadian-critical-mining-deals-despite-ottawas-2024-02-27/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
1/2:  UKRAINE: What Ukraine needs now at the frontline & What os to be done? Mark Montgomery, John Hardie FDD

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/02/27/how-to-hold-ukraine-over-until-congress-passes-more-aid-funding/

1115-1130

2/2:  UKRAINE: What Ukraine needs now at the frontline & What os to be done? Mark Montgomery, John Hardie FDD

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/02/27/how-to-hold-ukraine-over-until-congress-passes-more-aid-funding/

1130-1145

1/2: #AFRICA: Russia's Africa Corp and the DR Congo. Ronan Wordsworth, Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures 

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russian-influence-in-congo/

 

1145-1200

2/2: #AFRICA: Russia's Africa Corp and the DR Congo. Ronan Wordsworth, Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures 

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russian-influence-in-congo/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

1/2: #RUSSIA: #NORTHKOREA:The Kremlin and the Kims. Ekaterina Zolotova  Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures 

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-limits-of-russian-north-korean-relations/

 

1215-1230

2/2: #RUSSIA: #NORTHKOREA:The Kremlin and the Kims. Ekaterina Zolotova  Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures 

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-limits-of-russian-north-korean-relations/

 

1230-1245

#MOON: Another private probe on its side. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/odysseus-tip-over-likely-caused-because-it-landed-without-good-elevation-data/

1245-100 am

#MARS: Ingenuity broke off one blade. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuity-broke-off-one-blade-entirely/