CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

 #Oceania: #Tonga: StateSec Blinken upraids #PRC for its economic coercion: of small states. Cleo Paskal, FDD 

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/blinken-visits-tonga-discusses-strategic-importance-pacific-region-2023-07-26/
 

915-930

#PNG: US SecDef Austin and French President Macron visiting Papua New Guinea & What is to be done? Cleo Paskal, FDD.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/defense-secretary-makes-historic-visit-to-papua-new-guinea/ar-AA1enhBp

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/23/emmanuel-macron-pacific-tour-png-new-caledonia-papa-new-guinea

930-945

1/2:  #PRC: The penetration and exploitation of America education. Craig Singleton, FDD

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/07/13/exposing-the-dangers-of-the-influence-of-foreign-adversaries-on-college-campuses/

 

945-1000

2/2:  #PRC: The penetration and exploitation of America education. Craig Singleton, FDD

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/07/13/exposing-the-dangers-of-the-influence-of-foreign-adversaries-on-college-campuses/

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Russia: The doggedness of Russian armies performing badly. Victor Hanson, Hoover Institution.

https://amgreatness.com/2023/07/16/have-we-forgotten-the-russian-way-of-war/

1015-1030

#POTUS The Biden family and the unanswered questions of influence peddling.

 Victor Hanson, Hoover Institution.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hunter-biden-plea-deal-in-jeopardy-ff556d70?mod=hp_lead_pos1

1030-1045

#NASA: Rewarding commercial space by awarding tailored contracts to private enterprise.

Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-awards-11-small-development-contracts-to-a-variety-of-companies/

1045-1100

#Venus: Rocket Lab postpones a Mission to the Clouds of Venus. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-delays-its-private-mission-to-venus-two-years-to-25/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#PRC: Cannot hide the decline. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming new edition of China Alone: Return to Isolation, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://twitter.com/yun__xie/status/1677973071142039553?s=46&t=Z8Pt0lEW0jT_Kuy7m6weHQ

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/25/china-economy-youth-unemployment-labor/

1115-1130

#Koreas: Unending war 70 years old. Peter Huessy, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/second-us-submarine-arrives-south-korea-amid-north-korea-tensions-2023-07-24/

 

1130-1145

#PRC: Qin's disappearance and talk of Xi decline. Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-appoints-wang-yi-its-new-foreign-minister-replacing-absent-qin-gang-2023-07-25/

 

1145-1200

#PRC; #Japan: #Russia and China threaten at sea and in the air. James Fanell, government fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and retired U.S. Navy captain who served as director of Intelligence and Information Operations of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://sports.yahoo.com/russia-china-joint-military-drills-092324057.html

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#Russia: Wagner Group gold and diamond smuggling for the Kremlin. Michael Bernstam Hoover Institute.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/wagner-gold-smuggling-critical-to-keeping-russia-s-economy-afloat-mps-say/ar-AA1emglN

1215-1230

#HotelMars: Starship/ Super Heavy waiting on the FAA and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-super-heavy-booster-fueling-tests-july-2023

1230-1245
#NATO: Welcoming East Asia to Brussels and NATO. John Bolton, WSJOpinion.

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-allies-have-a-role-to-play-in-nato-japan-taiwan-india-china-weapons-threat-da62c2e7?mod=opinion_lead_pos9

1245-100 am

#France: Wild Boers wander the South of France; awaiting the Women's Tour de Fance.  Simon Constable, Occitane.

https://www.barrons.com/news/kastelijn-escapes-to-win-longest-stage-of-women-s-tour-de-france-cb441062?refsec=topics_afp-news