The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 19 August 2021

Air Date: 
August 19, 2021

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-1000 Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol

 1/4  The long, long Anglo-Afghan war. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst, Georgetown University @LievenAnatol
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015   Josh Rogin, Washington Post.  @joshrogin
August 31 deadline & What is to be done?

1015-1030 Vicki Barker, @CBSNews
Parliament passionately debates the US alliance
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/19/joe-biden-uk-allies-had-choice-remain-afghanistan/

1030-1045   Chris Riegel, @Scala CEO, #TheScalaReport
American Shipper 
 

1045-1100 Conrad Black
Conrad Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; British former newspaper publisher; prolific author,  @ConradMBlack
Canada and Afghanistan

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115 Elin Suleymanov and Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
Elin Sulimanov, @ElinSuleymanov, is the Appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Kingdom..   
 
1115-1130 David Albright and Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
David Albright, @TheGoodISIS, Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), president, 
 
1130-1145 Michael Rubin, @mrubin1971, and Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
Michael Rubin, author & resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Previously worked as an official at the Pentagon, where he dealt with issues in the Middle East. (In December 2017, Turkish national government offered a reward of 3-million Turkish lira, almost $800,000, for help in delivering Rubin to Turkey to answer Turkish terrorism allegations in connection with the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.)  @mrubin1971
 
1145-1200 Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215 Mary Anastasia O’Grady
Mary Anastasia O’Grady, Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist.  @MaryAnastasiaOG
Fintech for Cuba
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuba-havana-protests-biden-aoc-ocasio-cortez-alcantara-osorbo-ferrer-diaz-canel-11629044444
 

1215-1230 Veronique deRugy
Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University & NRO Online.  @veroderugy
Back to school, & What is to be done?
 

1230-1245 Dana Wheeler
Smart Drones Are the New New

1245-100 AM    Hotel Mars, episode n. David Livingston and Anatoly Zak
Nauka Danger on ISS  [[Roscosmos]]