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Tonight: The show begins in Siberia at the Vostochny Cosmodrome for the wartime meeting of the dictator Kim and the autocrat Putin. From Poland to London, from the G20 at Delhi to the earthquake of Morroco and the flood of Libya; from the Eu struggles wit

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Tonight: The show begins in Siberia at the Vostochny Cosmodrome for the wartime meeting of the dictator Kim and the autocrat Putin. From Poland to London, from the G20 at Delhi to the earthquake of Morroco and the flood of Libya; from the Eu struggles with the Ukraine war to the impeachment inquiry in DC. Attention to the troubled transition in Guatemala, the violence threat in Quito, the runaway inflation in Argentina and the rallying rage in Santiago at the 50th anniversary of the Pinochet coup against Salvador Allende.

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CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine: Kim to Vostochny; Poland for nukes. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-and-kim-meet-in-russia-but-what-are-the-main-takeaways/ar-AA1gGWX2

915-930

#Ukraine: Third winter of war is coming. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-and-kim-meet-in-russia-but-what-are-the-main-takeaways/ar-AA1gGWX2


930-945

#ScalaReport: #PRC slowdown in panic. Chris Riegel, Scala.com #Strtacache

https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/china-2023-gdp-growth-forecast-cut-50-45-2024-economists-2023-09-12/

945-1000

#MrMarket: Middle Class disappearing into prosperity. Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-middle-class-is-prospering/




SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Israel: Jonathan Schanzer: Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is senior vice president for research at FDD, where he oversees the work of the organization’s experts and scholars. He is also on the leadership team of FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power, a project on the use of financial and economic power as a tool of statecraft. Malcolm Hoenlein

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/11/middleeast/us-india-gulf-europe-corridor-mime-intl/index.html
https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-why-the-g20-refused-to-condemn-russian-aggression-and-how-that-might-change-213384
https://www.maritimegateway.com/the-significance-of-imec-for-israel-us-india-and-west-asian-nations/



1015-1030

#Venezuela: #Argentina: Joseph Humire: Joseph M. Humire is the Executive Director of the Center for a Secure Free Society. A global security expert specializing on transnational threats in the Western Hemisphere, he provides regular briefings on international terrorism, transnational organized crime, Islamism and Iran’s influence Latin America to various entities within the U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence community, as well as prominent think tanks and universities around the world. Malcolm Hoenlein

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/09/13/u-s-treasury-sanctions-latin-america-based-hezbollah-financial-network/
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1726
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/the-maduro-hezbollah-nexus-how-iran-backed-networks-prop-up-the-venezuelan-regime/
https://apnews.com/article/china-venezuela-relationship-all-weather-0c9122e6e69c29ebe1a99356d1a4560a
https://euro.eseuro.com/world/992717.html




1030-1045

#USA: Patrick Daly: Pat Daly is the Principal Deputy Director/COO of SCN, the Secure Community Network. Malcolm Hoenlein.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-more-us-synagogues-targeted-by-fake-bomb-threats-ahead-of-high-holidays/





1045-1100

#NorthAfrica: David Schenker: David Schenker is the Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. Confirmed by the Senate on June 5, 2019, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs through January 2021. In that capacity, he was the principal Middle East advisor to the secretary of state and the senior official overseeing the conduct of U.S. policy and diplomacy in a region stretching from Morocco to Iran to Yemen, with responsibility for eighteen countries, the Palestinian Authority, and Western Sahara. Malcolm Hoenlein


https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4194217-us-support-for-morocco-is-no-mistake-biden-should-reaffirm-it/
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/algeria-morocco-relations-western-sahara/?one-time-read-code=234552169469322088229
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/africa/morocco-earthquake-aid-intl/index.html





THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

1/2: #EU: G20 ducks the Ukraine War & What is to be done? Judy Dempsie, Carnegie

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/90495


1115-1130

1/2: #EU: G20 ducks the Ukraine War & What is to be done? Judy Dempsie, Carnegie

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/90495



1130-1145

1/2: #POTUS; The futile impeachment dama & What is to be done. Andrew McCarthy, NRO. Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/speaker-mccarthy-decides-an-impeachment-inquiry-doesnt-require-a-vote-of-the-full-house-after-all/




1145-1200

2/2: #POTUS; The futile impeachment dama & What is to be done. Andrew McCarthy, NRO. Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/speaker-mccarthy-decides-an-impeachment-inquiry-doesnt-require-a-vote-of-the-full-house-after-all/



FOURTH HOUR

12-1215


#NewWorldReport: Chile remembers Allende. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chilean-mexican-presidents-call-democracy-before-50th-anniversary-chilean-coup-2023-09-10/



1215-1230

#NewWorldReport: Guatemala delecition transition disorder. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/guatemala-president-elect-arevalo-suspends-participation-transition-2023-09-13/


1230-1245

#NewWorldReport: Libertarian for Argentina Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/markets/argentine-shoppers-face-daily-race-deals-inflation-soars-above-100-2023-09-13/


1245-100 AM


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

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-president-backs-ruling-party-candidate-after-disputed-selection-process-2023-09-07/



Transcript

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0:00.0

Good evening. To not end the show, I speak with my colleague, Gannato Leven of the Quincy Institute,

0:06.2

about the visit of the dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, to bestow actually the rocket base in

0:12.0

Siberia, that is the staging of the future of Roskosmos if and when Russia passes out of the

0:19.1

hands of the autocrats and into the hands of people who have exploration and science in mind,

0:26.4

and not brutality. Right now, meeting with Vladimir Putin has led to speculation about what

0:33.2

North Korea gets out of it, possibly satellite technology, rocket technology, ballistic missile

0:39.2

technology, something that could reach North America is speculated by my friend,

0:45.2

Annato Leven. We also speak of the request of the Polish government to stage B-61 gravity nuclear

0:53.8

weapons in Poland, matching the nuclear weapons tactical said-to-bees, deployed into Belarus

1:01.6

opposite Poland by the Russian Federation. This conversation will continue into the next

1:09.6

summit of NATO in Washington in 2024, and then a conversation with Chris Regal, my colleague

1:17.2

who travels the world about the state of the Chinese economy, poor, the state of the US economy

1:24.3

hesitant, reluctant, cautious, especially because the consumer is all of those things plus

1:31.5

doubtful right now that inflation is solved, and then to Europe where Chris reports that he's

1:38.9

seen suddenly after visiting London some weeks ago, he's seen people sleeping rough, that's

1:46.0

the English way of saying they're homeless, they're not camping out the way they do in Los Angeles

1:52.8

with tents and lean twos and mattresses, they're sleeping in doorways or on park benches in London.

2:01.2

What does this mean? I don't know, I also know that there's migration struggles around the world,

2:07.6

not just the Mexican border, but in the Mediterranean I'll speak to the Renzo Fiori tomorrow

2:14.8

about the waves of migrants now crossing from Tunisia and to Lampedusa, an Italian island

2:23.1

off of Sicily, and hence into the EU, so it's a global problem. Also tonight,

2:29.6

conversation about the high holidays approaching for the Jewish calendar and security arrangements being

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