The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 2 February 2023

Air Date: 
February 02, 2023
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CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

1/2: #Ukraine: The  unending arms race & What is to be done? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/how-get-breakthrough-ukraine

915-930

2/2: #Ukraine: The  unending arms race & What is to be done? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/how-get-breakthrough-ukraine

930-945

#ScalaReport: #PRC: The high-end chips embargo reaches into PRC heavy industries such as autos. Chris Riegel, Cep, Scala.com. #Stratacache.

 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/biden-win-china-chip-war-stocks-51675082487

945-1000

#Peru: #Cuba: Cuban Intelligence operations and Lima's turmoil. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJOpinion

https://www.barrons.com/articles/biden-win-china-chip-war-stocks-51675082487

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#KeystoneState: Made in Ohio River clay Fiestaware survives alongside the haggis treat of Robbie Burns Night. SalenaZito.com

https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2023/01/29/newell-east-liverpool-fiestaware-manufacturing-pottery/stories/202301290030

1015-1030

#KeystoneState: Little League abandoned by Amazon. SalenaZito.com

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/centralizing-power-is-always-a-bad-idea

1030-1045

#Ukraine: Expecting a Russian offensive & What is to be done?  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/02/02/vladimir-putin-says-nazi-like-ideology-threatens-russia-anniversary/

1045-1100

#Ukraine: #PRC: NATO in Asia.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/nato-chief-jens-stoltenberg-is-in-south-korea-and-north-korea-isnt-happy-about-it-articleshow.html

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#Iran: Drone warfare is the new new. Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at FDD. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64460139

1115-1130

#Egypt:  Egypt is too big to fail? Ben Fishman is a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and a member of the Program on Arab Politics.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1. 
 
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/egypts-economic-freefall-provides-opening-us-assistance-and-leverage

1130-1145

#Turkey: Sinan Ciddi is a non-resident senior fellow at FDD and an expert on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy. He is also an Associate Professor of National Security Studies at Marine Corps University (MCU). Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/01/23/congress-questions-f-16s-to-turkey/

1145-1200

#Russia: Ilan Berman is senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C., Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/business/russia-diesel-ban.html

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#MrMarket: Is the Fed going to cave on raising rates? Veronique deRugy, Mercatus Center

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-02/ecb-interest-rate-hike-half-point-with-pledge-of-more-to-come?srnd=premium-europe&sref=5g4GmFHo

1215-1230

#Canada: Traceable bullets and What is to be done? Conrad Black. National Post

 

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-banning-guns-wont-reduce-crime-but-making-bullets-traceable-will

1230-1245
#SCOTUS: Taxing unrealized wealth annually & What is to be done? Richard Epstein, Hoover

https://www.hoover.org/research/wealth-tax-poor-idea

 

1245-10o

#SCOTUS: The boundaries of strike actions. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution.

https://www.hoover.org/research/libertarian-podcast-union-strike-gone-too-far-concrete-example-richard-epstein-hoover