The John Batchelor Show

Tuesday 29 March 2022

Air Date: 
March 29, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
 

FIRST HOUR       

9-915  
#StateThinking: US energy is security from the threat of Russia and the PRC. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State; Executive VP, Stephens Inc.
https://www.ft.com/content/d702e4cc-a688-4dba-a05a-dfbd1f9442f9
 
 
915-930       
#StateThinking: The PRC is not trustworthy in contract; & What is to be done? @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State; Executive VP, Stephens Inc.
 

930-945        
#Ukraine: Azerbaijan sends help; Armenia sends provocations. Brenda Shaffer  @ProfBShaffer @FDD
https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/29/uk-ukraine-crisis-zelenskiy-azerbaijan
 
Brenda Shaffer  @ProfBShaffer  @FDD, Georgetown University; Fellow with the Atlantic Council, & professor at University of Haifa; former research director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; past president of the Foreign Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.  
 

945-1000        
#Ukraine: LNG makes America the Arsenal of Energy. Bud Weinstein @TheHill
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/599726-only-america-can-ensure-global-energy-security

 Bernard “Bud” Weinstein  @TheHill,  McGuire Energy Institute, Southern Methodist University.  @SMUCox_MEI
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015        
#Markets: The mysterious bond market signals that anything could happen. @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-29/u-s-yield-curve-inverts-from-two-to-10-years-in-recession-sign?srnd=premium&sref=5g4GmFHo
 

1015-1030        
#Markets: Much more American natural gas needed for the century to grow.@LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews 
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=51818#
https://www.ft.com/content/d702e4cc-a688-4dba-a05a-dfbd1f9442f9
 
 

1030-1045        
#Ukraine: The maturing of globalization: 2050. Trading Blocs by the Democracies and by the Autocracies. Callum Williams  @CalWilliamsComm. @TheEconomist.
 https://econ.st/3ug56fF 
 
 

1045-1100         
#Ukraine:  Erdogan hosts the peace talks. @AykanErdemir @FDD
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/29/world/ukraine-russia-war?campaign_id=249&emc=edit_ruwb_20220329&instance_id=57052&nl=russia-ukraine-war-briefing&regi_id=48791578&segment_id=86915&te=1&user_id=d2a4600a088d7327fc3f113394208218#russia-and-ukraine-signal-the-most-progress-yet-in-negotiations
 

THIRD HOUR   
    

1100-1115 
#LondonCalling: Global inflation returns from the 1970s.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-the-west-unite-against-the-inflation-threat-nato-europe-dollar-america-russia-ukraine-11648130679
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/12/24/87614119.html?pageNumber=40
 

1115-1130         
#LondonCalling; & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-the-west-unite-against-the-inflation-threat-nato-europe-dollar-america-russia-ukraine-11648130679
 

1130-1145        
#LondonCalling:  The unmet energy demands for the century. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.ft.com/content/d702e4cc-a688-4dba-a05a-dfbd1f9442f9
https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-energy-woes-are-rerouting-global-lng-flows-11648226667?mod=djemalertNEWS
 

1145-1200        
#LondonCalling: Partygate lives.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/29/boris-johnson-may-never-escape-shadow-partygate/
 

FOURTH HOUR 
     

12-1215 
#Ukraine: The same Kremlin-Kyiv deal that was ready in January.
Gregory R Copley, @Gregory_Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs.  
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukraine-crisis-russia-will-only-use-nuclear-weapons-if-its-existence-is-threatened-f3c2cldjd
 

1215-1230        
#PRC: Pushing back on the existential risk of the PRC in the Solomon Islands
Gregory R Copley, @Gregory_Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs.  
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/ardern-speaks-with-morrison-about-concerning-solomon-islands-security-deal-as-china-lashes-condescending-countries/ar-AAVBB3o
 
 
1230-1245        
#MilkyWay: The Thick Disk, the Thin Disk, and the Halo. Ken Croswell, ScienceNews.com
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/milky-way-galaxy-history-timeline-evolution-disk
Ken Croswell, Scientific American; astronomer and author: The Alchemy of the Heavens, Planet Quest, Magnificent Universe, See the Stars, The Universe at Midnight, and Magnificent Mars.
 

1245-100 AM         
#Ukraine: A NATO naval response to the Russian fleet. Arthur Herman @ArthurLHerman, WSJOpinion.com  
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-naval-response-to-putins-war-odessa-russia-ukraine-warships-warplanes-war-airlift-naval-battle-11648130721?page=1
Arthur Herman @ArthurLHerman, WSJOpinion.com    Pulitzer Prize Finalist historian, NYT best-selling author. Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute.