GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Ukraine and, following Clausewitz, asks questions of the resources, risk and reward of the Kursk Salient.... 1917 Western Front CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #Ukraine: The Kursk Salient and the Storm Shadow. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 915-930 #…

PRC: DUMPING EVS AND STEEL: Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL: 1920 HONG KONGAutor: John Batchelor

ROK: UNIFICATION: David Maxwell, vice president of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://www.newsweek.com/south-korea-shares-blueprint-unification-north-1940218. 1950 KOREAAutor: John Batchelor

PHILIPPINES: RISK: Rebecca Grant, vice president of the Lexington Institute, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://apnews.com/article/china-us-sullivan-national-security-adviser-c3838cb0578b281b46a5896e6d475190 1915 MANILAAutor: John Batchelor

UKRAINE: CLAUSEWITZ'S THREE R'S: RESOURCES, RISK, REWARD: 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 1943 SICILYAutor: John Batchelor

2/2: HYPERSONIC: Testing the weapon to eclipse the ballistic missile of the 1950s. Jerry Hendrix, Sagamore Institute https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/the-u-s-military-must-go-hypersonic/ 1955Autor: John Batchelor

1/2: HYPERSONIC: Testing the weapon to eclipse the ballistic missile of the 1950s. Jerry Hendrix, Sagamore Institute https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/the-u-s-military-must-go-hypersonic/ 1952Autor: John Batchelor

#UK: PM Starmer "PAINFUL" and "unpopular" DECISIONS. Simon Constable, Occitanie. UNDATED HMS VICTORYAutor: John Batchelor

FRANCE: SUNFLOWERS AND BLACKBERRIES:Simon Constable, Occitanie. UNDATED HARVEST FRANCEAutor: John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport:Drought famine and arson describe the climate future/ Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 1940 GUATEMALAAutor: John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: AMLO makes a play for PRI like control of the electorate. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 1969 MEXICO CITYAutor: John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Venezuela Opposition struggles while the rrests continue. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 1948 CARACASAutor: John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: The corruption story from Chavez to Maduro. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis#NewWorldReport: The corruption story from Chavez to Maduro. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @r…

2/2: #POTUS: Superseding Special Counsel Smith Indictment of Trump and SCOTUS @ANDREWCMCCARTHY @NRO @THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/smiths-superseding-indictment-returns-trump-case-to-square-one/ SCOTUS 1890Autor: John Batchelor

1/2: #POTUS: Superseding Special Counsel Smith Indictment of Trump and SCOTUS https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/smiths-superseding-indictment-returns-trump-case-to-square-one/ 1876 SCOTUSAutor: John Batchelor

#HEZBOLLAH: The war of the North. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 1870 JERUSALEMAutor: John Batchelor

#Ukraine: The Kursk Salient and the Storm Shadow. Colonel Jeff McCausland USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 1918 UKRAINEAutor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: HYPERSONIC: Conversation with colleague Jerry Hendrix of the Sagamore Institute re the "test to failure" trials now underway on Wallops Island to build a glide vehicle weapon that can maneuver on target and deliver a non-nuke punch to the adversary. More later. 1940Autor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: CORRUPTION: Conversation with colleague Professor Evan Ellis of the Army War College re how reformers campaign and win the palace in Latin America, and then, frustrated by the defiance of the institutions and the sluggishness of the apparatus, make a deal with the thieving status quo. More of this tonight. 1948 Venezuela…

PREVIEW: UKRAINE: STORM SHADOWS: Conversation with colleague Jeff McCausland, CBS News, re the US insistence that Ukraine not use the full range of the arsenal it possesses and a corresponding fear by Russia that its aircraft and fields are vulnerable. More later. 1951Autor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: JANUARY 6 2021: INDICTMENT: Conversation with colleagues Andrew McCarthy, NRO, and Thaddeus McCotter, re the superseding indictment against Donald Trump filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith to do with insurrection on January 6, 2021. More tonight. 1920 SCOTUS BuildingAutor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: PRC: CANADA: USA: TARIFFS: Conversation with colleague Alan Tonelson re what is to be done about PRC dumping of overcapacity and subsidized products such as steel, aluminum and EVs on the US through subterfuge and other schemes. More later. 1949Autor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: KOREAS: Colleague David Maxwell reports a dialogue between US and ROK and Japan public intellectuals looking to a unification of the Korean peninsula as an answer to the torment of the North Korean people and an end to the security threats. More tonight. 1951 USS St. Paul fires on North Korean forces.…

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Berlin, where immigration dominates the political news after muderous conduct by a man from Eastern Europe said to be acting for jihadists...... 1910 Berlin CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #BERLIN: Olaf Scholz condemns immigrants. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Ed…

#JUICE: Lunar fly-by of a hostile landscape. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 1963Autor: John Batchelor

#STARLINER: COMING HOME ALONE. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM 1950Autor: John Batchelor

2/2: #WESTERN SAHARA: Francophone Africa and the tangle of post-colonial anarchy. Ronan Wordsworth, @GPFutures 1900 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICAutor: John Batchelor

1/2: #WESTERN SAHARA: Francophone Africa and the tangle of post-colonial anarchy. Ronan Wordsworth, @GPFutures 1770Autor: John Batchelor

#KingCharlesReport: Winston Churchill and FDR discussed moving the US into the Commonwealth. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 1922 PRINCE OF WALESAutor: John Batchelor

#UKRAINE: KYIV wastes resources at high risk for no reward. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 1882 UKRAINEAutor: John Batchelor

#INDO-PAC: What is REFORPAC 2025? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign AffairsS 1930 PELAUAutor: John Batchelor

TONGA: #Pacific Island Forum and PRC aims to freeze out Taiwan. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 1875 FIJIAutor: John Batchelor

#IRAN: Another IAEA showdown in Vienna and Tehran offers to talk. Andrea Stricher, FDD 1906 PERSIA POLICE. TURKOMEN HEADS.Autor: John Batchelor

#RUSSIA: Electricity starved and getting worse with data centers. Ekaterina Zolotova. @GPFutures 1856 RUSSIAAutor: John Batchelor

#LondonCalling: "PAINFUL" TAX HIKES, @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 1905 GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARYAutor: John Batchelor

#LondonCalling: It wasn't Truss & Kwartung who panicked the market September 2022. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 1881 STRATFORDAutor: John Batchelor

#LEBANON: Hezbollah must be driven north. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD 1881 CASTLE BEIRUTAutor: John Batchelor

#GAZA: Egypt and the Philadelphi Route. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD 1912 CAIROAutor: John Batchelor

#PARIS: Macron DISPLAYS anti-digital prejudice. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.\ 1910 PARISAutor: John Batchelor

#BERLIN: Olaf Scholz condemns immigrants. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. 1900 POTSDAMAutor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: HEZBOLLAH: IAF: Conversation with colleague Jonathan Schanzer of FDD re how close Israel came to a catastrophic Hezbollah 6000 rocket barrage that was counting down on timers. Fifteen minutes to launch, is the report, and then the IAF struck in waves.More later. 1890 JerusalemAutor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: SPACEPORTS: Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re a fully licensed spaceport in Norway is open for business while spaceports in the UK, burdened by government oversight and regulation, are bypassed by the enterprising.More tonight. 1955Autor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW; IRAN-IAEA: Conversation with colleague Andrea Stricker re the September Vienna meeting of the IAEA to decide what are the next steps in seeking to slow or disrupt Iran's suspect nuclear weapons program. More tonight. 1959 On the Beach. Gregory Peck, Ava GardnerAutor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: UK; STARMER: Colleague Joseph Sternberg of the WSJ observes that the new PM Sir Keir Starmer can sell his tax hikes to the public if he delivers something worthwhile in return. More tonight. 1900 Tottenham CourtAutor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: FRANCE; MACROS: DIGITAL SERVICES. Conversation with colleague Judy Dempsey of Strategic Europe at Carnegie re the anti-digital opinion building in the EU -- even to the use of criminal law in France. More tonight. 1940Autor: John Batchelor

PREVIEW: UKRAINE; Conversation with colleague Gregory Copley, in Perth, re the two distinct possibilities in Ukraine depending entirely on the victor in the November 5 presidential election. More later. 1883 UkraineAutor: John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Afghanistan, lessons learned and not learned, three years after the tragic exit... 1900 On the Khyber Road CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 1/2: AFGHANISTAN: THREE YEARS LATER: LESSONS LEARNED. BILL ROGGIO, FDD; HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON INSTITUTE 915-930 2/2: AFGHANISTAN: THREE YEARS LATER: LE…

#NewWorldReport: Do either presidential candidate have an answer tO the Darien Gap? Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 1927 Darien GapAutor: John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Lawfare In Mexico. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 1936 Mexico CityAutor: John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Lawfare in Brazil. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 1928 BrazilAutor: John Batchelor