Thursday 31 March 2022
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR
9-915
#Ukraine: Peace talks back to the rejected Minsk 2 deal of 2015. Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst Georgetown University
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/putin-faces-revolt-over-blunders-in-ukraine-ddtswxcj7
915-930
#Ukraine: EU energy and the price of war. Anatol Lieven, @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst Georgetown University
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/putin-threatens-europes-gas-supply-but-backs-down-8gdn7hhkn
930-945
#ScalaReport: Slow, spotty recovery from Shanghai to Manhattan. Chris Riegel, @Scala CEO, @STRATACACHE, #TheScalaReport
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nyc-struggles-office-glut-hit-highs-not-seen-dot-com-bust
945-1000
#Canada: Juno Beach disordered. Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack @nationalpost Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; British former newspaper publisher; prolific author
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/conrad-black-juno-beach-condos-are-an-affront-to-canadas-grand-contribution-to-the-second-world-war/ar-AAVwmtO
SECOND HOUR
10-1015
#NewWorldReport: Venezuela healthcare collapses into Medieval afflictions; & What is to be done? Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/03/31/violations-of-human-rights-in-venezuela-the-prosecutor-of-the-international-criminal-court-will-open-an-office-in-caracas-2/
1015-1030
#NewWorldReport: Persecution of the Indigenous peoples of Venezuela. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/03/31/violations-of-human-rights-in-venezuela-the-prosecutor-of-the-international-criminal-court-will-open-an-office-in-caracas-2/
1030-1045
#NewWorldReport: Peru at risk from the neophyte Castillo. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/perus-castillo-face-impeachment-vote-congress-that-could-oust-him-2022-03-28/
1045-1100
#NewWorldReport: Bolsonaro launches re-election campaign. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
THIRD HOUR
1100-1115
#Syria :#UAW: #Russia: #Ukraine: Assad sending homicides to Ukraine. Jonathan Spyer @jonathan_spyer ; Fellow, Middle East Forum; travels extensively in Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan. LSE Ph.D.
Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.jns.org/after-assad-visit-uae-could-play-role-mediating-between-syria-and-israel/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/how-russia-is-using-tactics-from-the-syrian-playbook-in-ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/18/bashar-al-assad-visits-uae-in-attempt-to-build-arab-relations
https://nypost.com/2022/03/29/no-one-believes-biden-has-a-red-line-in-ukraine-after-syria-debacle/
Dr. Jonathan Spyer is one of the few Western/Israeli experts to have travelled extensively in Syria, Iraq and the Kurdish areas during the recent years of conflict. He holds a Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics & an MA in Middle East politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London: is a Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
Spyer is a regular contributor to Jane’s Intelligence Review, has published in leading journals and media outlets including Middle East Quarterly, Times (of London), Foreign Policy, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Haaretz, Atlantic, Australian, National Post, Globe and Mail, Jerusalem Report, Jerusalem Post and others; and has appeared on CNN, al-Jazeera, Fox, BBC, Sky, and other outlets.
1115-1130
#Iran: JCPOA talking forever. Blaise Misztal, @BlaiseMisztal, @FDD, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, & director, BPC’s national security program. . Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/03/iran-fm-says-irgc-sanctions-red-line-vienna-talks
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/iran-wont-break-with-russia-over-ukraine-heres-why/
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/biden-congress-new-iran-nuke-deal-00021853
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesofisrael.com/eu-foreign-policy-chief-says-iran-is-holding-up-nuclear-deal-with-no-end-in-sight/amp/
Blaise Misztal is Vice President for Policy at JINSA. His research interests include Iran and its nuclear program, U.S.-Turkey relations, countering extremism, and strategic competition.
Most recently, Misztal was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute. Formerly, he served as Executive Director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States, a congressionally-mandated project convened by the U.S. Institute of Peace; and Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Program. He has testified before Congress and published widely, including op-eds in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, and Roll Call.
1130-1145
Israel: Terror again. Brig-Gen (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser @yossikup, Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-decide-against-ramadan-clampdown-in-bid-to-keep-lid-on-tensions/
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-702703
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-702649
Brig-Gen (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser @yossikup, Israeli intelligence and security expert. Formerly served as head of the research division in the Israel Defence Force (IDF) Military Intelligence division and Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs. @yossikup
1145-1200
#Israel: Abraham Accords meeting in the Negev Summit. Lazar Berman @Lazar_Berman @TimesofIsrael @KingsCollegeLon is diplomatic correspondent at the Times of Israel. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-negev-summit-allies-calmed-somewhat-by-us-recommitment-to-the-region/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-hadera-attack-mood-and-attention-quickly-shifts-at-negev-summit/
Lazar Berman @Lazar_Berman @TimesofIsrael @KingsCollegeLon is diplomatic correspondent at the Times of Israel, and is a Ph.D. candidate in the War Studies program at King's College London. Formerly, he was head of Joint Learning at the IDF's General Staff think tank, the Dado Center. During his IDF service, he was an infantry officer in the Givati Brigade and the Bedouin Reconnaissance Battalion, and is currently a reserve captain in the Commando Brigade. Lazar also taught at Salahuddin University in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
FOURTH HOUR
12-1215
#Inflation: Global risk of recession. Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy, @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-fed-s-preferred-inflation-gauge-rose-5-4-in-march-the-highest-since-1983/ar-AAVIk2U?OCID=ansmsnnews11
1215-1230
#ElSalvador: Under the volcano. Mary Anastasia O’Grady, @MaryAnastasiaOG Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/el-salvador-bets-on-bitcoin-mania-volcano-bond-currency-legal-bukele-nayib-fiat-11648407965
1230-1245
1/2: #Ukraine: Nuclear energy plants at risk from natural and man-made catastrophes. Henry D. Sokolski @HenrySokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. Henry #Sokolski @NuclearPolicy
https://npolicy.org/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-spotlights-the-dangers-of-nuclear-reactors-in-war-the-national-interest/
1245-100 AM
2/2: #Ukraine: Nuclear energy plants at risk from natural and man-made catastrophes. Henry D. Sokolski @HenrySokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. Henry #Sokolski @NuclearPolicy
https://npolicy.org/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-spotlights-the-dangers-of-nuclear-reactors-in-war-the-national-interest/