The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 16 December 2021

Air Date: 
December 16, 2021

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915 
#Ukraine: What do Putin and Xi want? @AnatolLieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/12/16/eu-ready-russian-surprises-amid-fears-kremlin-plot-invade-ukraine/
Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  Georgetown University 
 
 
915-930 
#Ukraine: What do NATO and Ukraine want? Anatol Lieven @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  
https://news.yahoo.com/eu-threatens-russia-sanctions-nato-211803609.html
Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  Georgetown University 
 
 
930-945 
Three California politicians 2022.  Bill Whalen @HooverWhalen 
https://www.hoover.org/research/californias-political-year-review
 
945-1000 
Birth of the Commonwealth, December 11, 1931 @ConradMBlack 
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-the-liberals-are-determined-to-squander-canadas-independence
 
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015 
Central Bankers hear the global inflation alarms.  Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/12/16/bank-england-raises-interest-rates-first-time-three-years/
Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
 

1015-1030 
Chile's stark decision. Mary Anastasia O'Grady @MaryAnastasiaOG   @WSJOpinion   https://www.wsj.com/articles/chile-high-stakes-election-economic-stagnation-constitution-jose-kast-gabriel-boric-11639339343
Mary Anastasia O’Grady, @MaryAnastasiaOG  Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist.  

1030-1045  
#ScalaReport: Europe panics at return to the office; & What is to be done?  Chris Riegel @scala CEO,  @STRATACACHE, #TheScalaReport
 
 

1045-1100 
#HotelMars: Roscosmos Pichal joins ISS.  Anatoly Zak  @Russianspaceweb; David Livingston SpaceShow.com
Anatoly Zak, @RussianSpaceWeb journalist and illustrator specialized in the history of space exploration.   
 
 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115   
". . . because Putin has, at his back, domestic support." Ilan Berman  @ilanberman ; Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
Ilan Berman is Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C.. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency as well as the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, and has also provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices.
·         https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/world/europe/ukraine-nato-russia.html
·         https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russia-hands-draft-security-pacts-us-expects-quick-81786647
·         https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/16/germany-pipeline-threat-deter-russia-ukraine-olaf-scholz-nord-stream-2
Ilan Berman @ilanberman, Senior VP of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C..
 

1115-1130  
Hamas in Lebanon.  Sarit Zehavi @ZehaviAlma, @Israel_Alma_org.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
·         https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/10/middleeast/hamas-warehouse-explosion-lebanon-intl/index.html
·         https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-said-to-form-lebanon-branch-to-open-new-front-against-israel/
·         https://jcpa.org/hamas-is-preparing-to-attack-israel-from-southern-lebanon/
·         https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-blames-fatah-for-deadly-shooting-in-lebanon-refugee-camp/
Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi is the CEO and founder of Alma – a nonprofit and an independent research and education center specialized in Israel’s security challenges on its northern border. She served for 15 years in the Israeli Defense Forces, specializing in Military Intelligence.
 
 

1130-1145  
Iran erases its JCPOA obligations.  David Albright @TheGoodISIS.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
·         https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/a-comprehensive-survey-of-irans-advanced-centrifuges
·         https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2021-12/news/irans-nuclear-growth-puts-deal-risk
·         https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/iaea-strikes-deal-with-iran-replacing-cameras-workshop-2021-12-15/
David Albright, a physicist, is founder and president of the nonprofit Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, D.C.
 

1145-1200 
What of the Arab Summit? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1204/446477/AlAhram-Weekly/Opinion/The-Gulf-and-the-Arab-Summit.aspx

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215 
#NewWorldReport: Chile votes. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/15/chile-to-elect-its-next-presid...

 
 
1215-1230 
#NewWorldReport: Colombia turn hard left.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. 
 
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/12/11/despite-the-polls-a-centrist-could-win-colombias-election-in-may
https://theglobalamericans.org/2021/11/colombia-election-too-early-to-call/

 

1230-1245 
#NewWorldReport: Lithium bonanzas in Latin America.   Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. 
 
https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/eight-companies-compete-to-be-bolivias-partners-in-lithium-industry/
https://grist.org/energy/the-world-needs-lithium-can-bolivias-new-presid...
 
 

1245-100 AM 
#NewWorldReport: Evo Morales condemned by neighboring Peru. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/11/evo-morales-is-back-in-bolivia...