CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR
 

9-915           
#Markets: Three uncertainties and the Federal Reserve. Brett Arends, @BrettArends    @MKTWArends  @Marketwatch ROI.  Barron’s.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/federal-reserve-meeting-inflation-rate-may-2022
 
 

915-930        
#Ukraine: Russia passes the hat to dodge defaulting on sovereign debt. Michael Bernstam @HooverInst , research Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/29/russia-attempts-last-ditch-dollar-bond-payments-to-try-to-avert-historic-default.html
 
 

930-945          
#Ukraine: Yandex decamps to Yerevan and Tel Aviv.   Felix Light, @felix_light, @CBS News, formerly of @MoscowTimes.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/23/turmoil-at-russias-google-amid-sanctions-war-and-censorship-a77429
 

945-1000          
#Russia: "Berserk Bear" cyber chase. Annie Fixler. @afixler, @FDD_CCTI ,  @FDD; CCTI Deputy Director and Research Fellow 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserk_Bear
 
 

SECOND HOUR
 

10-1015          
#Ukraine:  Post-Cold War. Post-US Triumphalism. New Era. George Friedman. 
@George_Friedman @GPFutures, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures   
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-beginning-of-a-new-era/
 

1015-1030         
#Ukraine: Rumours from Moscow and Donbas. George Friedman.  @George_Friedman @GPFutures, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures    
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-beginning-of-a-new-era/
 

1030-1045         
#Iran: Assassination threats and the Iran deal. Cliff May @FDD
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/05/04/deal-or-no-deal/
 
 

1045-1100         
#Ukraine: #PRC: What is the Biden Doctrine? Cliff May @FDD
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/04/27/bidens-overdue-national-security-strategy/

 
 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115         
#PRC: What will the UN say of the Uyghurs?  Nury A. Turkel   @nuryturkel, attorney and Uyghur human rights activist; commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.voanews.com/a/un-team-in-china-ahead-of-rights-chief-visit-to-xinjiang-/6545759.html
 
 

1115-1130         
#PRC: On-shoring and repairing the supply chain.    Alan Tonelson  @AlanTonelson, independent economic policy analyst; blogs at RealityChek.    @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://twitter.com/jonsbass/status/1521533236337250304?s=27
 

1130-1145         
#Ukraine: Ban the Bomb and Putin's nuclear weapon threats. Peter Huessy, @hobeyoco, @HudsonInstitute. director of Strategic Deterrent Studies of the Mitchell Institute of the Air Force Association @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
 
 

1145-1200         
#PRC: The lockdowns of 340 millions continue against reason.  Charles Burton @cburton001  Senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute; @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/29/china-xi-jinping-zero-covid-lockdown-vaccination
 
Charles Burton @cburton001  Senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute; associate professor of Political Science at Brock University.  Charles Burton and Associates consults to governments, educational institutions and businesses to support their programs in China.     
 

FOURTH HOUR
 

12-1215         
#Ukraine: The price of wheat and famine. Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes ;economist, journalist
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-war-wheat-shortfalls-high-prices-11651503940?st=s0yx1fwlg3i5gub&reflink=article_gmail_share
 
Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes
economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.   
 

1215-1230        
#Market: Nicola Sturgeon is no-nuke. Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes ;economist, journalist,
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1603750/Sturgeon-scotland-non-nuclear-Putin-war-threat-Scottish-independence-vn
 
Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes
economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.   
 

1230-1245         
#SpaceX: Starlink abides. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/viasat-once-again-demands-government-block-its-competitor-starlink/
 
 

1245-100 AM         
#Mars: Zhurong's Last Season. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/zhurong-travels-another-1300-feet/