CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine: Wagner Group raising flags over Bakhmut.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-2-2023

915-930

#Ukraine:  Fully armed Finland joins NATO. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/world/europe/finland-nato-russia-ukraine.html 

930-94564, 

#France: Atop the Arc de Triomphe: "it's no."  Also: remembering Nigel Lawson (1932-2023) Simon Constable, Forbes.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2023/04/04/what-i-learned-from-nigel-lawson-britains-finest-finance-chief/?sh=521165c643f9

945-1000

#BurkinaFaso: #NorthKorea: Proliferation in Sub Saharan Africa. David Maxwell, FDD

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/burkina-faso-to-resume-diplomatic-relations-with-north-korea/2859013

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#PRC: The recovery that doubts. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming new edition of China Alone: Return to Isolation, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/economy/china-pmi-decade-high-economic-recovery-intl-hnk/index.html

 

1015-1030

#Taiwan: More flashy threats. Gerrit van der Wees, adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Elliott School of Foreign Affairs and George Mason University’s Schar School of Goverment, on the McCarthy-Tsai meeting and this: 

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/04/02/2003797176

 
1030-1045

#PRC: PLA Navy grows to overwhelming scale: James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.newsweek.com/preparing-war-china-us-shrinks-its-navy-opinion-1792231

 

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1045-1100

#PRC: #Moon: On the moon with a Soviet-copied lander by 2029.  Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, on the attached articles.

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#NewWorldReport: Taiwan vs #PRC over Central America.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/belize-reaffirms-ties-with-taipei-taiwanese-president-visits-2023-04-03/

1115-1130

#NewWorldReport: AMLO aks the #PRC.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-asks-china-help-control-fentanyl-shipments-2023-04-04/

1130-1145

#NewWorldReport: Underestimating Maduro of #Venezuela. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-arrests-nine-cvg-officials-over-corruption-probe-2023-04-02/

1145-1200
#NewWorldReport: : #Ecuador: #Peru: #Bolivia: Troubled Andean nationsLatin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuadors-lasso-authorizes-civilian-use-guns-citing-insecurity-2023-04-02/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

1/2: #POTUS: Electioneering tool of indictment for a presidential candidate & What is to be done? Victor Davis Hanson

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/02/indict-one-and-all/

1215-1230

2/2: #POTUS: Electioneering tool of indictment for a presidential candidate & What is to be done? Victor Davis Hanson

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/02/indict-one-and-all/

1230-1245

#SpaceX: Starship/Superheavy stacking and waiting for a launch window. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-issues-travel-advisory-for-boca-chica-for-april-10-2023-starship-launch/

1245-100 am

#Mars: MOXIE a supreme success. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/update-on-moxies-two-years-on-mars-producing-oxygen/