Twice-weekly discussion about China's engagement across Africa and the Global South hosted by journalist Eric Olander and Asia-Africa scholar Cobus van Staden in Johannesburg.
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The China Africa Project is a multimedia resource dedicated to exploring every aspect of China’s growing engagement with Africa. Through a combination of original content and curation of third-party material from across the Internet, the CAP’s objective is purely informational. None of the blog’s authors or producers have any vested interest in any Chinese or African position.
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Reporting on China with neither fear nor favor
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Husband and wife team, Dr. Anita and Ryan Kellogg, take on the latest international news and events with their lively discussions and occasional debates on these issues. Having grown up in red states in conservative families, the Kelloggs bring their unique perspective living in multiple countries overseas and subject expertise in their chosen fields. Join us for a conversation that began in South Korea and continues through the present day.
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Despite being the world’s most potent economic area, Asia can be one of the most challenging regions to navigate and manage well for foreign brands. However, plenty of positive stories exist and more are emerging every day as brands start to see success in engaging and deploying appropriate market growth strategies – with the help of specialists. The Negotiation is an interview show that showcases those hard-to-find success stories and chats with the incredible leaders behind them, teasing o ...
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The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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Hosted by Max Bergmann, director of the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, “NATO’s Road to Madrid” explores how the United States’ most important alliance is approaching a critical process it has not undertaken since 2010: updating its Strategic Concept. The last time NATO endorsed a formal strategy, Russia had not invaded Ukraine, China was not yet thought to be a challenge meriting NATO attention, and defense planners were only beginning to look at the military implications of clima ...
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) enjoys vast deposits of precious minerals and metals. Diamonds are found in the south and center of the country and the land holds 80% of the world’s Coltan, needed in all our mobile phones. It should be one of the richest countries on Earth, but it is not. This Podcast explores why, from the very beginning. A new podcast will be released each Monday every two weeks, the website is https://www.thehistoryofthecongo.com Starting in prehistoric times, ...
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GOOD EVENING: THE SHOW BEGINS IN LEBANON, WITH ISRAEL REJECTING THE CEASEFIRE GAMBIT BY NASRALLAH...
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GOOD EVENING: THE SHOW BEGINS IN LEBANON, WITH ISRAEL REJECTING THE CEASEFIRE GAMBIT BY NASRALLAH... 1950 LEBANON CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 1/2: #ISRAEL: Defeating Hezbollah & What is to be done? Guest: Cliff May, FDD 9:15-9:30 2/2: #ISRAEL: Defeating Hezbollah & What is to be done? Guest: Cliff May, FDD 9:30-9:4…
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Railroads and Rivalries in Southern Africa
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The U.S. and China plan to spend billions of dollars refurbishing key railway lines in southern Africa that link critical resource mining hubs in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with ports on both sides of the continent. For the U.S., it's the Lobito Atlantic Railway that goes from the copper belt in Zambia 1,300km west across Angol…
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2/2: /#ENERGY: The undeveloped renewable land use on Native Reservations & What is to be done?. Nick Parker, Hoover Institution
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2/2: /#ENERGY: The undeveloped renewable land use on Native Reservations & What is to be done?. Nick Parker, Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/Parker%20-%20Renewables%20on%20Reservations_August%5B1%5D.pdf 1886 NWTJohn Batchelor
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1/2: /#ENERGY: The undeveloped renewable land use on Native Reservations & What is to be done?. Nick Parker, Hoover Institution
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1/2: /#ENERGY: The undeveloped renewable land use on Native Reservations & What is to be done?. Nick Parker, Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/Parker%20-%20Renewables%20on%20Reservations_August%5B1%5D.pdf undated BlackfootJohn Batchelor
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2/2: #UKRAINE: ZELENSKY'S VICTORY PLAN. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY INSTITUTE 1960John Batchelor
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1/2: #UKRAINE: ZELENSKY'S VICTORY PLAN. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY INSTITUTE 1955John Batchelor
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2/2: #HOTEL MARS: Russian tests of the Sarmat and operations of MS-Soyuz and development of PTK Ortel crewed vehicle. Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb.com
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2/2: #HOTEL MARS: Russian tests of the Sarmat and operations of MS-Soyuz and development of PTK Ortel crewed vehicle. Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb.com 1889 balloonistJohn Batchelor
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1/2: #HOTEL MARS: Russian tests of the Sarmat and operations of MS-Soyuz and development of PTK Ortel crewed vehicle. Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb.com
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1/2: #HOTEL MARS: Russian tests of the Sarmat and operations of MS-Soyuz and development of PTK Ortel crewed vehicle. Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb.com 1994 RoscosmosJohn Batchelor
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#CANADA: TRUDEAU: EMBARGOING ISRAEL VIA THE USA. CONRAD BLACK, NATIONAL POST 1910 OttawaJohn Batchelor
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#JAPAN: The battle with the Axis Powers is East and West at the same time. Josh Rogin, Washington Post
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#JAPAN: The battle with the Axis Powers is East and West at the same time. Josh Rogin, Washington Post 1904 Russo-Japanese warJohn Batchelor
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#TALMUD: LITERATURE: Gila Fine, author THE MADWOMAN IN THE RABBI'S ATTIC, is a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.
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#TALMUD: LITERATURE: Gila Fine, author THE MADWOMAN IN THE RABBI'S ATTIC, is a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. https://www.amazon.com/Madwoman-Rabbis-Attic-Rereading-Talmud/dp/1592646735 Women in the Talmud are generally marginal and almost always anonymous - the daughters, sisters, and wives of prominent …
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#HOUTHIS: Edmund Fitton-Brown is a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project. He formerly served as British ambassador to Yemen and as a coordinator of the UN Security Council’s Monitoring Team for ...
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#HOUTHIS: Edmund Fitton-Brown is a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project. He formerly served as British ambassador to Yemen and as a coordinator of the UN Security Council’s Monitoring Team for ISIS, AQ, and the Taliban. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/09/analysis-the-houthis-have-challenged-the-rules-based-international-syst…
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#BBC: Unrelieved anti-Israel prejudice, Trevor Asserson is a leading lawyer and long-standing campaigner against bias at the BBC. He led the Report in collaboration with Dr Haran ShaniNarkiss and other ...
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#BBC: Unrelieved anti-Israel prejudice, Trevor Asserson is a leading lawyer and long-standing campaigner against bias at the BBC. He led the Report in collaboration with Dr Haran ShaniNarkiss and other data scientists. Trevor is the founder and senior partner of Asserson Law Offices. https://asserson.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/asserson-summar…
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#LEBANON: BRINK. Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant. @GORDONGCHANG ...
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#LEBANON: BRINK. Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant. @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/will-hezbollah-choose-keep-its-word-or-its-arsenal 1947 …
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#PRC: The regime is predatory, imperial, illegitimate. Bradley Thayer author, EMBRACING CHINA; America's Greatest Strategic Mistake
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#PRC: The regime is predatory, imperial, illegitimate. Bradley Thayer author, EMBRACING CHINA; America's Greatest Strategic Mistake 1930 Hong KongJohn Batchelor
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GEN Z: ScalaReport: Quiet quitting followed by Noisy Firing. Chris Riegel, Scala.com #STRATACACHE. Also recession talk again.
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GEN Z: ScalaReport: Quiet quitting followed by Noisy Firing. Chris Riegel, Scala.com #STRATACACHE. Also recession talk again. 1860-1914John Batchelor
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2/2: #ISRAEL: Defeating Hezbollah & What is to be done? Cliff May, FDD 1914 LebanonJohn Batchelor
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1/2: #ISRAEL: Defeating Hezbollah & What is to be done? Cliff May, FDD 1860 Lebanon,John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: CANADA: ISRAEL: Colleague Conrad Black of National Post comments on the strange policy by the Trudeau government to embargo certain supplies from going to the USA because they might be redirected ...
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PREVIEW: CANADA: ISRAEL: Colleague Conrad Black of National Post comments on the strange policy by the Trudeau government to embargo certain supplies from going to the USA because they might be redirected to Israel. More later. 1912 OttawaJohn Batchelor
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PREVIEW: HOUTHIS: YEMEN: ROE: Comment by Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown, former UK ambassador to Yemen and former UN representative on ISIS and Al Qaeda, that the Houthis of North Yemen have not been adequately ...
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PREVIEW: HOUTHIS: YEMEN: ROE: Comment by Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown, former UK ambassador to Yemen and former UN representative on ISIS and Al Qaeda, that the Houthis of North Yemen have not been adequately engaged by the USN and RN, and that their rules of engagement are the problem. More tonight. 1800 Yemen…
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PREVIEW: HEZBOLLAH: AYATOLLAH: Colleague Cliff May of FDD answers the puzzle of why Iran has not come to the support of its surrogate, Lebanon's Hezbollah. More tonight.
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PREVIEW: HEZBOLLAH: AYATOLLAH: Colleague Cliff May of FDD answers the puzzle of why Iran has not come to the support of its surrogate, Lebanon's Hezbollah. More tonight. 1925 PersiaJohn Batchelor
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PREVIEW: JAPAN: PRC: DEFENSE: Colleague Josh Rogin of The Washington Post on outgoing Japan PM Fumio Kishida's recommendation that the battle against Axis powers must be fought both in East and West. More ...
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PREVIEW: JAPAN: PRC: DEFENSE: Colleague Josh Rogin of The Washington Post on outgoing Japan PM Fumio Kishida's recommendation that the battle against Axis powers must be fought both in East and West. More later. 1905 Russo-Japanese WarJohn Batchelor
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PREVIEW: NUCLEAR WARHEAD ICBM: Colleague Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com on the reported failed test of the Sarmat nuclear warhead capable ICBM at Vostochny. More tonight.
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PREVIEW: NUCLEAR WARHEAD ICBM: Colleague Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com on the reported failed test of the Sarmat nuclear warhead capable ICBM at Vostochny. More tonight.1952John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: GERMANY: ANTI-WAR: ANTI-NATO AND ANTI-UKRAINE: Colleague Anatol Lieven of Quincy Institute comments on how state voting in Germany signals trends for the 2025 national elections and potential ...
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PREVIEW: GERMANY: ANTI-WAR: ANTI-NATO AND ANTI-UKRAINE: Colleague Anatol Lieven of Quincy Institute comments on how state voting in Germany signals trends for the 2025 national elections and potential shifts in NATO and EU unity. More tonight. 190.0 SchweinfurtJohn Batchelor
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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Lebanon where theIAW is destroying rocket launchers... 1947 Tripoli CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 #LEBANON: Air war Guest: Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 9:15-9:30 #PRC: ICBM over East Asia Guest: Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccausl…
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#MARS: Curiosity wheel anomalies. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 1940John Batchelor
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#MOON: Intuitive Machines for fixed-price lunar communications. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 1960John Batchelor
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#RUSSIA: Sanctions busting Shadow Fleet oil in Dubai and Mumbai. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution
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#RUSSIA: Sanctions busting Shadow Fleet oil in Dubai and Mumbai. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution undated Gulf of AqabaJohn Batchelor
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#FRANCE: Hunting Season, Wednesday: sheltering in the copse. Simon Constable, Occitanie. undated FranceJohn Batchelor
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4/4: The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza by Seth J. Frantzman (Author), Mark Dubowitz (Foreword)
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4/4: The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza by Seth J. Frantzman (Author), Mark Dubowitz (Foreword) https://www.amazon.com/October-War-Israels-Battle-Security/dp/B0DBF4WJRF/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A harrowing account on the frontlines of the war between Israel and Hamas, The October 7 War tells the story of how…
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3/4: The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza by Seth J. Frantzman (Author), Mark Dubowitz (Foreword)
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3/4: The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza by Seth J. Frantzman (Author), Mark Dubowitz (Foreword) https://www.amazon.com/October-War-Israels-Battle-Security/dp/B0DBF4WJRF/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A harrowing account on the frontlines of the war between Israel and Hamas, The October 7 War tells the story of how…
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2/4: The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza by Seth J. Frantzman (Author), Mark Dubowitz (Foreword)
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2/4: The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza by Seth J. Frantzman (Author), Mark Dubowitz (Foreword) https://www.amazon.com/October-War-Israels-Battle-Security/dp/B0DBF4WJRF/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A harrowing account on the frontlines of the war between Israel and Hamas, The October 7 War tells the story of how…
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1/4: The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza by Seth J. Frantzman (Author), Mark Dubowitz (Foreword)
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1/4: The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza by Seth J. Frantzman (Author), Mark Dubowitz (Foreword) https://www.amazon.com/October-War-Israels-Battle-Security/dp/B0DBF4WJRF/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A harrowing account on the frontlines of the war between Israel and Hamas, The October 7 War tells the story of how…
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# JAPAN: Hawks. Lance Gatling, principal of Nexial Research based in Tokyo, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://thehill.com/opinion/4890957-china-japan-missile-attack/
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#JAPAN: Hawks. Lance Gatling, principal of Nexial Research based in Tokyo, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://thehill.com/opinion/4890957-china-japan-missile-attack/ 1950 typhon TokyoJohn Batchelor
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#Philippines: Confrontations with the PLA. James Fanell, co-author of Embracing Communist China: America's Greatest Strategic Failure and government fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, on ...
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#Philippines: Confrontations with the PLA. James Fanell, co-author of Embracing Communist China: America's Greatest Strategic Failure and government fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, on the latest on Sabina Shoal: @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4891071-philippines-sabina-shoal-c…
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#MALAYSIA: Manufacturing boom. Charles Ortel,On The Money. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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#MALAYSIA: Manufacturing boom. Charles Ortel,On The Money. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 1811 PanangJohn Batchelor
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#PRC: Testing DF-41 mobile launch from Hainan. Peter Huessy, National Institute for Deterrence. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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#PRC: Testing DF-41 mobile launch from Hainan. Peter Huessy, National Institute for Deterrence. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 1962John Batchelor
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#IRAN: Brokering Russian anti-ship missiles to the Houthis. Behnam ben Taleblu, FDD 1933 YemenJohn Batchelor
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#IRAN: Hezbollah on the back foot. Behnam ben Taleblu. FDD 1860-1914 Lebanon and SyriaJohn Batchelor
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#PRC: ICBM over East Asia. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
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#PRC: ICBM over East Asia. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 1958John Batchelor
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#LEBANON: Air war. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 1964 LebanonJohn Batchelor
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PREVIEW: UKRAINE: FAILURE: Conversation with colleague Colonel Jeff McCausland of CBS News on the admitted failure of the Kursk Salient to draw off Russian deployment on the front line in Donbas. More ...
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PREVIEW: UKRAINE: FAILURE: Conversation with colleague Colonel Jeff McCausland of CBS News on the admitted failure of the Kursk Salient to draw off Russian deployment on the front line in Donbas. More tonight. 1883 UkraineJohn Batchelor
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PREVIEW: OCTOBER 7: FAILURE: Conversation with colleague Seth Frantzman of FDD and Jerusalem Post on his new book, "OCTOBER 7 WAR," regarding the intelligence failure that explains the total surprise of ...
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PREVIEW: OCTOBER 7: FAILURE: Conversation with colleague Seth Frantzman of FDD and Jerusalem Post on his new book, "OCTOBER 7 WAR," regarding the intelligence failure that explains the total surprise of the attack. More later. 1857 JerusalemJohn Batchelor
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PREVIEW: IRAN: RUSSIA: NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Conversation with colleague Behnam ben Taleblu re the exchange of weapons and technology between Iran and Russia -- asking if it includes nuclear weapon technology ...
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PREVIEW: IRAN: RUSSIA: NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Conversation with colleague Behnam ben Taleblu re the exchange of weapons and technology between Iran and Russia -- asking if it includes nuclear weapon technology. More tonight. 1925 PersiaJohn Batchelor
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PREVIEW: PLA NAVY: SABINA SHOALS: SOUTH CHINA SEA: Comments by colleague James Fanell on the PRC provocations and bullying in the South China Sea against Philippine Coast Guard. More tonight.
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PREVIEW: PLA NAVY: SABINA SHOALS: SOUTH CHINA SEA: Comments by colleague James Fanell on the PRC provocations and bullying in the South China Sea against Philippine Coast Guard. More tonight. 1915 ManilaJohn Batchelor
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PREVIEW: MARS: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports on the deterioration of the wheels on the Curiosity Rover. More later.
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PREVIEW: MARS: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports on the deterioration of the wheels on the Curiosity Rover. More later. 23 Mars 20John Batchelor
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PREVIEW: JAPAN: PHILIPPINES: Colleague Lance Gatling in Tokyo comments on Japan's announced policy to defend Taiwan from the PRC -- and that the defense of the Philippines is a fresh and incomplete concern ...
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PREVIEW: JAPAN: PHILIPPINES: Colleague Lance Gatling in Tokyo comments on Japan's announced policy to defend Taiwan from the PRC -- and that the defense of the Philippines is a fresh and incomplete concern. More tonight. 1898 MANILA BAYJohn Batchelor
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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in the Federal Resrve meeting, asking what do you see that requires a half- point cut?
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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in the Federal Resrve meeting, asking what do you see that requires a half- point cut? 1927 Federal Reserve CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 #Markets: Why did the Fed cut a half-point? Guest: Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News and Fox Business 9:15-9:30 #Markets: Harris-Walz and the working class…
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The rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon prompted a strong reaction from the Chinese government this week. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib on Monday at the UN in New York and condemned Israel's actions as “indiscriminate attacks against civilians." It's notable, th…
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