The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 17 March 2022

Air Date: 
March 17, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR       

9-915  
#Ukraine: Atlantic Charter 1941 and 2002. Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack  @nationalpost  Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; 
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-in-ukraine-the-stakes-could-not-be-higher-for-the-west
Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack  @nationalpost  Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; British former newspaper publisher; prolific author, historian.
 
915-930        
#Inflation: The Fed and the Bank of England play catch-up.   Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center,
https://www.ft.com/content/4cd13c43-3387-4af8-9866-2d618c936d2b
Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
 

930-945        
#Ukraine: #ScalaReport — Supply Chain disrupted by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.  Chris Riegel, @Scala CEO,  @STRATACACHE, #TheScalaReport
https://www.ft.com/content/d59c7636-d895-4138-8e07-e9fbfdbd100f
 
945-1000       
#Ukraine: Australia chases after an oligarch in the Northern Territory.  Scott Mayman @CBSNews   Brisbane
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/17/putin-linked-russian-oligarchs-with-australian-assets-escape-morrison-government-sanctions
 

SECOND HOUR       

10-1015 
1/2: #Ukraine: The Siloviki are deaf to the shrinking economy.  Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  Georgetown University 
https://www.ft.com/content/503fb110-f91e-4bed-b6dc-0d09582dd007
 
 
1015-1030        
2/2: #Ukraine: The Siloviki are deaf to the shrinking economy. Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  Georgetown University
https://www.ft.com/content/503fb110-f91e-4bed-b6dc-0d09582dd007
 
1030-1045        
#Ukraine: Biden Administration bolsters the Kremlin's Man in Caracas.   Mary Anastasia O’Grady, @MaryAnastasiaOG  Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist.  
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-eyes-venezuelan-oil-russia-ukraine-gas-prices-maduro-national-imports-11647195311
 
 
1045-1100        
#Ukraine: FSB whistleblowers outline a soft peace treaty and a coup.  Paul Gregory @HooverInst  @PaulR_Gregory
https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2022/03/16/russias_plan_to_negotiate_a_victory_from_within_822199.html

THIRD HOUR       

1100-1115 
#Ukraine:  The Russian attack on Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Kyiv.   
Ruslan Kavatsiuk   @DefenceU., #StandWithUkraine , deputy director of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center.   Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/uneasy-wait-in-kyiv-continues-as-russian-advance-appears-stalled
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-aims-deliver-aid-mariupol-open-more-humanitarian-corridors-2022-03-15/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60772331
https://www.ft.com/content/7b341e46-d375-4817-be67-802b7fa77ef1
 

1115-1130        
#Iran: #Iraq: Early Days of the Drone War.    Seth J. Frantzman  @sfrantzman   @MidEast_Center Founder @GulfIsrael.   Senior Middle East correspondent and Middle East affairs analyst at The Jerusalem Post.    Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
·         https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-701283
·         https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-701217
·         https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-701116
·         https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-covert-drone-war-between-israel-and-iran-goes-public-with-missile-launch-on-iraq-1.10672467
·         https://www.newsweek.com/russias-war-reaches-middle-east-opinion-1687895
 
1130-1145        
#Lebanon:  Hezbollah Drone Arsenal.  Sarit Zehavi, Lieutenant Colonel (Res.), @ZehaviAlma   @Israel_Alma_org. CEO and founder of Alma Institute, Alma Research and Education Center.     Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-701448
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-jets-sent-to-north-over-suspicion-of-lebanese-aircraft-incursion-1.10670453
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-689470
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-697004

1145-1200        
#Iran: Russia leverages the Biden Administration JCPOA.   Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-concessions-in-nuclear-talks-a-boon-to-iranian-russian-economies/ar-AAVcNeN
 
 

FOURTH HOUR       

12-1215 
#NewWorldReport: SOUTHCOM vs Russia and PRC.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.southcom.mil/Media/Special-Coverage/SOUTHCOMs-2022-Posture-Statement-to-Congress/#/?currentVideo=28216
 

1215-1230         
#NewWorldReport: Ex-Marxist guerrilla leads Colombia's election cycle.   Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/latinamerica/top-stories/ex-rebel-secures-nomination-in-colombia-primary/ar-AAV2hCg
 

1230-1245        
#NewWorldReport: The US beseeches Maduro.   Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/03/09/venezuela-americans-released-gustavo-cardenas-jorge-fernandez/2641646842091/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/once-a-pariah-venezuelas-maduro-now-courted-by-the-us-for-oil/ar-AAUYFLz
https://www.lapatilla.com/2022/03/10/statement-of-the-legitimate-government-of-venezuela-on-the-visit-of-a-delegation-of-the-us-and-the-latest-events-in-our-country/
 

1245-100 AM         
#NewWorldReport: Shots fired in the Chile of President Boric.   Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/chile-gabriel-boric-women-cabinet-b2034899.html
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