The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 18 October 2023

Air Date: 
October 18, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#StateThinking: Putin trash talks POTUS. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/biden-lands-in-tel-aviv-to-meet-israeli-leaders-on-hamas-war-c662832

915-930

#StateThinking:Beijing is part of the problem in two wars. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/world/asia/putin-china-xi.html

930-945

#India: BJP sides with Israel; Congress bothsideism & What is to be done? Sadanand Dhume, WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/indias-left-equivocates-about-hamas-atrocit...

945-1000

#AT&T: Forty years ago, Ma Bell broke into innovation and prosperity. Simon Constable, WSJ

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#PRC: WAR WARNING EAST ASIA. Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL

https://www.newsweek.com/china-issues-ominous-war-warning-us-1834737

 

1015-1030

#PRC: Beijing increases trade with Moscow. Jonathan Ward, author of the just-released The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China, on these:

https://www.voanews.com/a/7314779.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67120726

 

1030-1045

#NorthKoea: #PRC:  Ammunition Train. David Maxwell, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and senior fellow at the Global Peace Foundation, on these:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/pyongyang-media-dismisses-speculation-hamas-using-north-korean-weapons

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-russia-us-munitions-ukraine-war-7091eaba254b680888a9b1ec8a68135f

 

1045-1100

#PRC: What remains of the shrinking BRI? @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/world/asia/putin-china-xi.html

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#Ukraine:  POTUS in Jerusalem.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/biden-lands-in-tel-aviv-to-meet-israeli-leaders-on-hamas-war-c662832

1115-1130

#Ukraine:  What is known so far about the hospital event.Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/biden-lands-in-tel-aviv-to-meet-israeli-leaders-on-hamas-war-c662832

 

 

1130-1145

 

#Iran: The nuclear weapon breakout watch. Andrea Stricker, FDD. 


https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/10/iran-may-exploit-israels-war-to-sprint-to-nuclear-weapons/

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1145-1200

 

#Israel: October 7, 2023: Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/11/the_107_attacks_149883.html

 

 

 

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215
#Russia: Vassal State to Beijing. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/world/asia/putin-china-xi.html

1215-1230

#Gaza: Intelligence Failure & What is to be done? George Friedman, @GPFutures

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/thinking-about-intelligence/

1230-1245

#SpaceX: Fis & Wildlife wait. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/update...

1245-100 AM
#IO: Juno sends snapshots of a volcanic moon of Jupiter. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
 

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/new-io...

 

#Israel: October 7, 2023: Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/11/the_107_attacks_149883.html