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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