CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
 
FIRST HOUR  

9-915  
#Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon vs Boris Johnson in the pandemic and after. Simon Constable @RealConstable
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10496395/Sturgeon-Covid-curbs-SIX-months.html
https://www.thenational.scot/news/19924940.boris-johnson-says-scottish-independence-just-not-going-happen/
 

915-930  
#Scotland: Green mining is now. Simon Constable @RealConstable
https://www.kornferry.com/insights/briefings-magazine/issue-53/an-unexpected-twist-in-the-green-movement
Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh; @BarronsOnline.@Forbes  economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.   

 

930-945    
#Russia: Navalny to be sentenced to much longer.  @Felix_Light @MoscowTimes.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/15/navalny-faces-15-more-years-as-prison-trial-starts-a76389
 

945-1000   
#Ukraine: Russia still unready for the four phases of war. George Friedman  @George_Friedman @GPFutures   @GeopoliticalFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-phases-of-war/?tpa=OGZhOWM3ZWEyMTVlMDllMzUyNWEwYjE2NDU3MTY4OTIyY2NmMDg&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-phases-of-war/?tpa=OGZhOWM3ZWEyMTVlMDllMzUyNWEwYjE2NDU3MTY4OTIyY2NmMDg&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published

 

SECOND HOUR    

10-1015   
#NewWorldReport: Brazil in Russia.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/world/americas/russia-putin-latin-america-bolsonaro.html

1015-1030    
#NewWorldReport: Deforestation accelerates. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/deforestation-brazils-amazon-rainforest-hits-record-january-high-2022-02-11/

1030-1045     
#NewWorldReport: Russia welcome in Venezuela and Nicaragua.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/15/nicaragua-ortega-chamorro-trial/

1045-1100     
#NewWorldReport: AMLO vs journalists. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-embassy-dismayed-over-violence-against-journalists-mexico-2022-02-12/

THIRD HOUR    

1100-1115   
#Ukraine:  “Wars in Europe rarely start on a Wednesday,” Chizhov added.  Jeff McCausland  @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/02/satellite-images-and-experts-challenge-russian-withdrawal-claims/362045/
 
 
1115-1130   
#Ukraine: NATO lessons learned so far. Jeff McCausland  @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/russia-ukraine-news-latest-today-nato-us-reject-putin-claims-withdrawl/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2022-02-16/less-said-about-nato-and-ukraine-better
 

1130-1145    
Mobile Scotland to Orbit.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/orbex-installs-launchpad-at-test-site/

1145-1200    
James Webb mirrors nominal at first light. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-image-from-webb-released/
 

FOURTH HOUR     

12-1215    
#PRC: The anti-Xi faction Shanghai Gang; & What is to be done?  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
gatestoneinstitute.org/18231/xi-jinping-china-war
 

1215-1230   
#PRC: Phase One trade deal fail.  Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets @AlanTonelson. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/china-stiffed-trump-trade-agreement-exports
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202202/1252324.shtml
 

1230-1245   
#Canada:  Trudeau's sudden emergency.  Charles Burton @cburton001  , senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
Charles Burton @cburton001  Senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute; associate professor of Political Science at Brock University.  Charles Burton and Associates consults to governments, educational institutions and businesses to support their programs in China.     

1245-100 AM    
#PRC: The hasty, reckless moon colony gambit.  Rick Fisher @CSIS,, senior Fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/feb/15/rocket-on-collision-course-with-the-moon-built-by-china-not-spacex
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