CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#MrMarket; The glum consumer continues to spend. Liz Peek, Fox News, The Hill

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-consumer-spending-surges-in-april-inflation-heats-up/ar-AA1bJEwM

915-930
#GOP: DeSantis in Iowa begins.  Liz Peek, Fox News, The Hill

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4020502-ron-desantis-the-good-the-bad-and-the-beautiful/

 

930-945
#Germany: Is Berlin ready to replace Russia with Eastern Europe? Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/89845

945-1000

#EU: Does Ukraine change everything? Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/89832

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#LondonCalling:  What is a "voluntary" price control at the grocery? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/923bc176-fe52-11ed-af8c-e0915fbd425b?shareToken=5d388026e2a644c352ff3607fe9b7eef

1015-1030 
#LondonCalling: Germany tips into recession & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/germany-enters-recession-2023-05-25/

 

1030-1045
#LondonCalling:  No longer certain on "pause" at the Fed.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-and-mccarthys-debt-ceiling-deal-faces-crucial-first-test-in-house-8ae0140e?mod=hp_lead_pos2

1045-1100
#LondonCalling:  Boris Johnson in the news again for Partygate. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/uk-government-fights-demand-to-hand-over-boris-johnsons-messages-to-covid-19-inquiry/ar-AA1bSLBX

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#Turkey: Erdogan in command & What is to be done? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/blinken-urges-turkey-to-immediately-approve-swedens-nato-accession/ar-AA1bTLWm

1115-1130

#Moscow: Drone and escalation. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.wsj.com/articles/drones-strike-residential-areas-in-moscow-9984942

1130-1145

#PRC: #PaxSinica: The interregnum and the search for a new world order by Beijing. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-and-allies-plan-peace-summit-without-russia-72341551?mod=hp_lead_pos1

1145-1200

#KingCharles: A frugal king who keeps his reception rooms cold and his palaces dark. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/8c802294-fccd-11ed-aa31-73394e195d29?shareToken=542ce6982f3b826502c1798f9dbc8630

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#StateThinking: Is NATO capable of keeping Putin in place after the war? @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-and-allies-plan-peace-summit-without-russia-72341551?mod=hp_lead_pos1

1215-1230

#StateThinking: The broken Beijing business plan @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-and-allies-plan-peace-summit-without-russia-72341551?mod=hp_lead_pos1

1230-1245

#FedGovToday: The vampire squid of software vendors: The Federal workforce "at will" Francis Rose, FedGovToday.

https://fedgovtoday.com/2023/05/23/killing-the-vampire-squids-in-federal-government-software-a-potential-new-fate-worse-than-f-for-federal-employees/

 

 

1245-100 am

#Germany: #EU: #NATO: Deterrence works. John Bolton, Washington Examiner; 1945.com

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/05/john-bolton-the-g-7-shows-it-still-doesnt-understand-the-china-threat/