The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 23 March 2022

Air Date: 
March 23, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR       

9-915 
#Ukraine: The Kremlin falls down. George Friedman.  @George_Friedman @GPFutures, Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/how-the-ukrainian-battlefield-redefines-the-world/?tpa=YWY0M2ZiODIzMzM4YWU3NDRjNjM4NjE2NDg3NDA4OTcwMGVkMDU&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/how-the-ukrainian-battlefield-redefines-the-world/?tpa=YWY0M2ZiODIzMzM4YWU3NDRjNjM4NjE2NDg3NDA4OTcwMGVkMDU&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20it%27s%20published
 

915-930 
#Ukraine:  East of the Dnieper in Kyiv. Pastor William Devlin @pastordev, co-pastor of the Infinity Bible Church in the South Bronx, New York, and national president of REDEEM! — an organization committed to assisting persecuted people and groups in America and around the globe.   
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/european-leaders-travel-to-kyiv-as-russian-siege-of-ukrainian-capital-continues/ar-AAV5jWG
 

930-945 
#Ukraine: Commodities rising. Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes @BarronsOnline in Edinburgh, Scotland. 
https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/petrol-diesel-prices-hiked-for-2nd-day/
 
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.   
 

945-1000 
#Ukraine: Seeking an EU welcome. John Fund @johnfund   @NRO,  in Brussels, Belgium
https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/814795.html
John H. Fund  @johnfund   @NRO, political journalist, currently national-affairs columnist for National Review Online and a senior editor at The American Spectator. Regular on Fox News.  

 

SECOND HOUR
      

10-1015 
#Ukraine: #StateThinking: Do sanctions work?   Mary Kissel @MaryKissel; Former Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sergey-lavrov-admits-russia-shocked-western-sanctions_n_623b6887e4b0c727d486ff0c
 
 
1015-1030  
#Ukraine: Moscow's malls empty. @Felix_Light  @CBSNews
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10586579/Top-designers-including-Prada-Dior-Gucci-shut-doors-Moscow-Western-sanctions-bite.html
 

1030-1045 
Ukraine: Mud in the battle zone. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://twitter.com/natsecwatson/status/1506290637997551630
Jeff McCausland, @mccauslJ  @D6leadership, @USArmy; retired US Army Colonel & Dean of Academics at the US Army War College; @CBSradio natl security consultant; @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
 
 

1045-1100 
#Ukraine: The Kremlin hunts for dollars. Michael Bernstam, @HooverInst
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-03-23/russia-central-banker-wanted-out-5450999.html
Michael Bernstam @HooverInst , research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, 
 
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.
 

THIRD HOUR   
    
1100-1115  
#Keystone: The celebrated Lenten fish fry returns to post-pandemic America. SalenaZito.com
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/the-fish-fry-an-institution-of-rooted-america
 

1115-1130 
#Keystone: In search of Senate moderates. SalenaZito.com
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/pennsylvania-republican-voters-are-fired-up-for-2022
 
1130-1145 
#Ukraine: Roscosmos withers. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/iss-breaking-up-is-hard-to-do/
 

1145-1200  
#Enceladus: Oceans to explore. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-enceladus-tiger-stripes-come-from-underground-ocean/
 
 

FOURTH HOUR   
    
12-1215 
#PRC: The US finally shows up in the critical Pacific Basin. @CleoPaskal @ FDD @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-counter-china-influence-us-names-envoy-lead-pacific-island-talks-2022-03-22/
Cleo Paskal, non-resident Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
 

1215-1230 
#PRC: Guilty Men. Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward, @jonathandtward; Atlas Organization; author, China's Vision of Victory
https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-taiwan-economic-sanctions-full-spectrum-approach.amp
Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward is the Founder of Atlas Organization, a consultancy focused on the rise of China and India and the new geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific.
 

1230-1245 
#India: Entreating Moscow. Nitin Gokhale @nitingokhale, strategic affairs analyst based in Delhi. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill\
 https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20220322-india-tries-diplomatic-dance-on-ukraine-but-russia-is-an-awkward-partner
Nitin Gokhale @nitingokhale. National Security Analyst. http://BharatShakti.in and @StratNewsGlobal.com 
 
1245-100 AM  
#Ukraine: Seizing Putin's yacht. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zelenskyy-calls-on-italy-to-crack-down-on-assets-of-russian-oligarchs-who-vacation-there-including-a-yacht-rumored-to-belong-to-putin/ar-AAVpyuf