Thursday 4 November 2021CBS
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR
9-915
How Green is Boris Johnson Green? Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack National Post
https://www.reuters.com/article/climate-un/britain-calls-time-on-coal-at-cop26-as-carbon-emissions-surge-idUSKBN2HP0M8
Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; British former newspaper publisher; prolific author
915-930
Guatemala tragedy at the door of the US State Department. Mary Anastasia O'Grady MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/3/guatemalan-police-find-54-haiti...
930-945
1/2: The end of A. Q Khan as his 50 year-old proliferation lives on in Iran and North Korea. Anthony Ruggiero @NatSecAnthony @FDD @StrickerNonpro in @thedispatch
https://thedispatch.com/p/the-lasting-legacy-of-aq-khan
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/11/02/the-lasting-legacy-of-aq-khan/
945-1000
2/2: The end of A. Q Khan as his 50 year-old proliferation lives on in Iran and North Korea. Anthony Ruggiero @NatSecAnthony @FDD @StrickerNonpro in @thedispatch
https://thedispatch.com/p/the-lasting-legacy-of-aq-khan
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/11/02/the-lasting-legacy-of-aq-khan/
SECOND HOUR
10-1015 #COP26: Boris Johnson leads Green Tory Britain. Anatol Lieven @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54373183
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/11/01/watch-boris-johnsons-green-dilemma-climate-change-will-define/
Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst Georgetown University
1015-1030 #COP26: Reforestation surprises. Anatol Lieven @LievenAnatol @ @QuincyInst
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/climate/cop26-deforestation.html
Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst Georgetown University
1030-1045 #COP26: China and India coal unsolved. Anatol Lieven @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/business/china-coal-production-intl-hnk/index.html
Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst Georgetown University
1045-1100 #COP26: Can Green go nuclear? Anatol Lieven @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2021-11-03/going-nuclear-climate-change
Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst Georgetown University
THIRD HOUR
1100-1115
The Kingdom and the GCC break with Lebanon. Abdulla Aljenaid @aj_jobs Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
· https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-is-dragged-back-into-eye-iranian-saudi-storm-2021-11-01/
· https://www.arabnews.com/node/1958811/saudi-arabia
Abdulla Aljenaid @aj_jobs is non-resident Fellow/TRENDS Research and Advisory (UAE) and columnist in Al-Ittihad Newspaper (UAE) and Sky News Arabia (UAE).
Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
1115-1130
Iran plays the long game to outmaneuver the US short game. Hanin Ghaddar @haningdr. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
· https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/amid-beirut-clashes-lebanese-investigators-need-protection
· https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/02/iraqi-voters-want-weaker-militias-and-a-stronger-state/
· https://breakingdefense.com/2021/11/israel-us-step-up-direct-actions-against-iranian-drone-production/
Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Fellow at The Washington Institute's Geduld Program on Arab Politics, where she focusses on Shi’a politics throughout the Levant.
Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
1130-1145
Lessons of the Gaza rockets, 2021. Blaise Misztal @BlaiseMisztal. Geoffrey S. Corn @cornjag1. Malcolm Hoenlein@Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/gaza-conflict-2021-assessment-observations-and-lessons/
Blaise Misztal is Vice President for Policy at JINSA. His research interests include Iran and its nuclear program, U.S.-Turkey relations, countering extremism, and strategic competition. He has testified before Congress and published widely—including op-eds in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, and Roll Call.
LTC Geoffrey S. Corn is the Gary A. Kuiper Distinguished Professor of National Security Law at South Texas College of Law Houston. Prior to joining the South Texas faculty in 2005, Professor Corn served in the U.S. Army for 21 years as an officer, retiring in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2004, and a final year as civilian legal expert on law of war matters.
1145-1200
Turkey's Erdogan seeks Washington's attention. Blaise Misztal @BlaiseMiszta, @FDD. . Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/31/readout-of-president-bidens-meeting-with-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan-of-turkey/
· https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/11/01/turkeys-erdogan-biden-will-do-his-best-for-f-16-sale/
· https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-russia-talks-clear-syrian-kurdish-group-kobane
· https://nationalinterest.org/feature/don%E2%80%99t-believe-iran%E2%80%99s-claims-another-nuclear-milestone-195610
Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. His research interests include Iran and its nuclear program, U.S.-Turkey relations, countering extremism, and strategic competition. He has testified before Congress and published widely—including op-eds in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, and Roll Call.
FOURTH HOUR
12-1215
PRC provokes Bangladesh and Kashmir. @CleoPaskal, @FDD; @GordonGChang.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/29/bangladesh-communal-violence-hindu-muslim-identity-crisis/
https://www.voanews.com/a/spate-of-civilian-killings-in-indian-kashmir-drives-minority-hindus-to-flee-homes/6279790.html
Cleo Paskal @CleoPaskal, associate Fellow at Chatham House; Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, India; adjunct professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies, Kochi, India. Non-resident senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang. Author, The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War.
1215-1230
Saying no to PRC bullying. @CleoPaskal, @FDD; @GordonGChang.
https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/ccp-aggression-lead-violence-solomon-islands-hon-p-kenilorea
Cleo Paskal @CleoPaskal, associate Fellow at Chatham House; Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, India; adjunct professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies, Kochi, India. Non-resident senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang. Author, The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War.
1230-1245
Global Minimum Tax Cartel and France. Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy, @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center,
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/business/oecd-global-minimum-tax.html
Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy, @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
1245-100 AM
China, China, China vs Balance, Balance, Balance. Richard Fontaine @RHFontaine, @CNAS
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2021-11-02/what-new-china-focus-gets-wrong
Richard Fontaine, @RHFontaine, @CNAS
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