The John Batchelor Show

Monday 18 December 2023

Air Date: 
December 18, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Houthis: The Yemen warlord joins with Somali pirates as Red Sea shrinks. Bill Roggio, FDD

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/we-have-to-strike-back-at-the-houthis-former-centcom-commander/ar-AA1lGNAs

915-930

#Afghanstan: Up to 500,000 Afghans without a country except Taliban tyranny. Bill Roggio, FDD

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/12/14/pakistan-extends-deadline-for-afghans-awaiting-third-country-resettlement

930-945

#MonroeDoctrine: 200 years later, Great Britain Foreign Office calls at Guyana in the Venezuelan dispute. Allison Fedirka, @GPFutures

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/a-border-dispute-pits-us-interests-against-each-other/

 

945-1000

#Federals: What is the "Digital First Roadmap" of the US Government transformation?   Clare Martorana, Chief Information Office USA. Francis Rose, Fedgovtoday.com

https://fedgovtoday.com/2023/12/06/ombs-digital-first-strategy-cx-generational-gaps-new-air-force-cio/

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015
#Israel: Hezbollah threatens and the IDF preps for a Northern Front. Seth Frantzman, FDD Jerusalem Post. Bill Roggio FDD

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/12/15/israel-prepares-for-potential-escalation-in-north/

1015-1030

#Gaza: The experience-paced operation to defeat Hamas is 30-40% complete. Seth Frantzman, FDD Jerusalem Post. Bill Roggio FDD

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/12/15/israel-troops-accidentally-kill-three-israeli-hostages-in-unbearable-tragedy/

1030-1045

1/2: #Qatar: #Turkey: Doha and Ankara aid and abet and protect and aggrandize Hamas chiefs & What Lawfare ican be done? Orde Kittrie, FDD, Arizona State University Sandra Day O'connor Law School

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/12/15/u-s-lawfare-options-for-helping-bring-hamas-to-its-knees/

1045-1100

2/2: #Qatar: #Turkey: Doha and Ankara aid, abet, protect and aggrandize Hamas chiefs & What Lawfare ican be done? Orde Kittrie, FDD, Arizona State University Sandra Day O'connor Law School

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/12/15/u-s-lawfare-options-for-helping-bring-hamas-to-its-knees/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
#Ukraine: Zelensky rejected in DC and Brussels: moving toward an Armistice like the Koreas? Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. Washington Post.

https://on.ft.com/3Tt08dK

 

1115-1130

#Moldova: In the Kremlin gunsights? Ivana Stradner, FDD

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/12/14/putin-is-already-proving-he-wont-stop-at-ukraine/

1130-1145

#PRC: In the event of a ORC attack on Taiwan, can the PLA Nvy keep open the Indo-Pacific supply lines? Kamran Bokhari, senior director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/why-indian-ocean-could-be-chinas-achilles-heel-taiwan-war-2023-12-14/

 

1145-1200

#Taiwan: Is the PLA Navy moving to the start line? Bill Gertz, national security correspondent for The Washington Times and author of Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive for Global Supremacy, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://www.foxnews.com/world/south-korea-japan-scramble-jets-china-russia-warplanes-spotted-entering-seouls-defense-zone

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#NewWorldReport:  AMLO rants against Argentina's promise.  Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-president-urges-argentines-peacefully-resist-milei-2023-12-15/

1215-1230

#NewWorldReport:  Chile citizens default to the status quo Constitution. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chileans-head-polls-again-replace-dictatorship-era-constitution-2023-12-17/

1230-1245

#NewWorldReport:  Venezuela lurks on the Guyana border. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire


https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/uk-minister-visits-guyana-amid-border-dispute-with-venezuela-2023-12-18/

1245-100 am

#NewWorldReport:  Panama is the next target. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/business/drought-hit-panama-canal-increase-shipping-slots-2023-12-15/