CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR       

9-915  
#Inflation: Congress still says it’s the supply chain. @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center
https://www.wsj.com/articles/and-now-gasoline-stimulus-checks-democrats-congress-climate-11648073684
Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
 

915-930       
#Canada: An appalling accusation against Canada's history now investigated. Conrad Black  @ConradMBlack , @NationalPost
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-no-exaggeration-needed
Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack  @nationalpost  Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; British former newspaper publisher; prolific author
 

930-945       
#Colombia: Who is the ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro—likely the next president? Mary Anastasia O’Grady, @MaryAnastasiaOG  Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-chavez-admirer-could-take-colombia-latin-america-presidential-election-farc-11647795131
Mary Anastasia O’Grady, @MaryAnastasiaOG  Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist
 

945-1000      
#HotelMars: The mystery of the dead star, with a live planet. Jay Farihi, University College of London. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60325010
Prof Jay Farihi, Professor of Astrophysics, Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences. My main research activity is digging up evidence of terrestrial planetary systems at stellar corpses known as white dwarfs. One might not expect to find the surviving planetary systems around dead stars, but the universe is full of surprises.
 

SECOND HOUR       
 
10-1015 
#Ukraine: Ukraine wins and afterward.  Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  Georgetown University 
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/anatol-lieven-on-the-real-russian-elite-and-what-a-peace-deal-m/13802690
 
 
1015-1030        
#Ukraine: NATO deploys; & What is to be done?    Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  Georgetown University 
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/anatol-lieve...
 

1030-1045       
#ScalaReport: Asian container ships also jam the East Coast. Chris Riegel, @Scala CEO,  @STRATACACHE, #TheScalaReport
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/east-coast-ports-about-to-get-slammed-by-a-lot-more-ships?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=as_daily_3_21_22&utm_term=East+Coast+ports+about+to+get+slammed+by+a+lot+more+ships&utm_id=125555&sfmc_id=925627
 

1045-1100        
#PRC: Evergrande after the end.  Andrew Collier @acollier, managing director of Orient Capital Research in Hong Kong.    @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-evergrande-says-unable-publish-annual-results-by-march-31-2022-03-22/
Andrew Collier, @acollier,  managing director of Orient Capital Research in Hong Kong; author, Shadow Banking and the Rise of Capitalism in China.  
 

THIRD HOUR       

1100-1115 
#Iran: The IAEA fails. Andrea Stricker @StrickerNonpro   @FDD, research Fellow at @FDD in nonproliferation and other security policy topics. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/03/11/good-bad-ugly-iaeas-new-iran-agreement/
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/03/18/russia-financial-lifeline-iran-deal/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-foreign-minister-says-nuclear-deal-closer-than-ever-2022-03-23/
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-701821
Andrea Stricker is a research Fellow at FDD, where she conducts research on nonproliferation and other security policy topics.
 

1115-1130        
#Ukraine:  Rescuing Ukraine. Amb. Eynat Shlein  @EynatShlein @MASHAVisrael, 
head of MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
·         https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/mar-15-2022-usaid-deputy-administrator-isobel-coleman-trip-israel-west-bank-jordan
·         https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-701769
·         https://www.israel21c.org/for-israelis-the-outpouring-of-aid-to-ukraine-is-personal/
·         https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-698979
 

1130-1145            
#PRC: China in the Middle East. Brigadier general (Res.) Assaf Orion is a senior research Fellow at the INSS and director of its research program on Israel-China.   Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/01/xi-jinping-has-transformed-chinas-middle-east-policy/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-china-world-order-decided
https://www.axios.com/signals-carice-witte-china-abraham-accords-000f800d-3c14-48e3-995a-ba113d70f6c0.html
https://www.ft.com/content/a0fa2378-d7a9-42f8-97bf-299c0449e1be
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-crisis-in-u-s-arab-relations-russia-china-uae-defense-iran-oil-drone-attacks-response-11647893535
 

1145-1200        
#Iran: The US asserts that the IRGC is not terrorist. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.axios.com/us-position-designation-iran-irgc-terror-list-b6f953cb-dbef-44c8-aef3-360d1feebb55.html

 

FOURTH HOUR 

12-1215 
#NewWorldReport: Why does Mexico struggle to grow? Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/03/19/why-mexicos-economy-underperforms
 

1215-1230       
#NewWorldReport: Recount in Colombia.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
 
 
1230-1245       
#NewWorldReport:The Left Wave and Chile. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/03/19/chiles-new-president-won-from-the-left-can-he-govern-like-that
 
 
1245-100 AM        
#NewWorldReport: Peru in Duck Soup.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/03/12/a-new-group-of-left-wing-presidents-takes-over-in-latin-america
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