The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 23 February 2022

Air Date: 
February 23, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR      

9-915  
#Ukraine: The Kremlin slow-motion threats; & What is to be done? George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-not-quite-invasion/?tpa=ZDk1OGZiMGMyMDk2Y2U2MTE4ODQ4ODE2NDYzMjE2OTNmYjk4NDA&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-not-quite-invasion/?tpa=ZDk1OGZiMGMyMDk2Y2U2MTE4ODQ4ODE2NDYzMjE2OTNmYjk4NDA&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
 

915-930     
Ukraine:  NATO hard-tested. George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures.   @George_Friedman @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-not-quite-invasion/?tpa=ZDk1OGZiMGMyMDk2Y2U2MTE4ODQ4ODE2NDYzMjE2OTNmYjk4NDA&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-not-quite-invasion/?tpa=ZDk1OGZiMGMyMDk2Y2U2MTE4ODQ4ODE2NDYzMjE2OTNmYjk4NDA&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
 

930-945     
#Ukraine: No crush of refugees in Rostov-on-Don. @Felix_Light
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/20/in-the-closest-russian-city-to-ukraines-separatist-region-there-are-few-signs-of-refugees-a76473
 
 

945-1000       
#HotelMars: ISS continues US, Russian and ESA endeavor on Nauka Module and ESA robotic arm.  @Russianspaceweb Anatoly Zak. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/protected/mlm-era-activation.html#2022_0124
Anatoly Zak, @RussianSpaceWeb journalist and illustrator specialized in the history of space exploration.   
 

 
SECOND HOUR

10-1015   
Brussels EU hangs together. Theresa Fallon@TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, on the latest on Ukraine. @GordonGChang
https://news.yahoo.com/eu-leaders-hold-emergency-summit-173329737.html
Theresa Fallon. @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil
 Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS) NR Snr Fellow
 

1015-1030      
ANT Group fail. Anne Stevenson-Yang @doumenzi, co-founder of J Capital Research Ltd. and author of China Alone: The Emergence From, and Pending Return To, Isolation. @GordonGChang
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-21/china-tells-banks-soes-to-report-exposure-to-jack-ma-s-ant
Anne Stevenson-Yang, co-founder of J Capital Research in Beijing and author of China Alone: The Emergence from, and Potential Return to, Isolation.   @doumenzi
 

1030-1045      
Hong Kong annexed. Mark Clifford @MarkLClifford, author of, Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World: What China's Crackdown Reveals about Its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere. @GordonGChang 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/02/22/covid-19-news-omicron-updates/6887756001/
Mark L. Clifford. @MarkLClifford.  former editor of the South China Morning Post;  author, Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World @stmartinspress
 

1045-1100      
Pacific Islands and the PRC vs USA. Cleo Paskal @CleoPaskal, non-resident Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:  @GordonGChang
https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/russia-ukraine-as-war-clouds-loom-india-look-to-balance-its-ties-with-the-us-and-russia/2441732/
Cleo Paskal  @CleoPaskal, associate Fellow at Chatham House; Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, India;  adjunct professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies, Kochi, India. Non-resident senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
 

THIRD HOUR      

1100-1115 
#Ukraine: The Long Tail of Invasion. Colonel Jeff McCausland USA (ret.) @CBSNews Diamondsix.com @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol@DickinsonCollege
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/02/23/russia-ukraine-invasion-latest-news-putin-troops-nato-war/

 
1115-1130     
#Ukraine: NATO prepares.  Colonel Jeff McCausland USA (ret.) @CBSNews Diamondsix.com @DickinsonCollege.@mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/02/23/russia-deploys-mobile-crematorium-follow-troops-battle/
 

1130-1145      
#Ukraine: Sanctions vs Russia in 2014, sanctions vs Soviet Union in 1980.  Christine McDaniel  @christinemcdan; @mercatus :  International trade economist. Sr research Fellow, for American Economy & Globalization Program
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinemcdaniel/2022/01/31/smart-sanctions-against-russia-will-require-smarter-intel-in-washington/?sh=4d3647345777
 

1145-1200     
#Ukraine: Storms over Europe. Simon Constable. Edinburgh @RealConstable
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/met-office-warns-danger-life-26298217.amp
 

FOURTH HOUR       

12-1215 
India watches Ukraine closely. Sadanand Dhume.  @dhume @AEI @WSJOpinion
https://go.aei.org/NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAGCu45bWI6Kn_I6Ykx0wcO3BH65dikU9CS305bTvMMOu0l-NhrA8oqFTvbnERC_yQwF2Pgfndk=
Sadanand Dhume, resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute.  @dhume
 

1215-1230      
Sanctions escalation. John Hardie @FDD
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bidens-first-russia-sanctions-invite-calls-for-more-aggressive-measures/ar-AAUdQ9K
 

1230-1245       
China denies.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-denies-the-rocket-stage-about-to-hit-the-moon-comes-from-its-rocket/
 

1245-100 AM      
Raining metal and gems.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/have-astronomers-found-an-exoplanet-with-raining-metal-and-gems/
 
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