#IRAN: Threatening former President Trump. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-bidens-commanding-bow-to-iran-israel-foreign-policy-b3360d45?st=u6lp9ub6cjnh1hz&reflink=article_copyURL_share 1924 PERSIA POLICEBy John Batchelor

#BRETTON WOODS, NH: Celebrating 80 years the dollar supremacy. Simon Constable, Occitanie 1896 SILVER CERTIFICATEBy John Batchelor

#SCOTLAND: Net Zero means empty village shops. Simon Constable, Dumfries, Scotland 1848 EDINBURGH SCOTLANDBy John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Climate change in the Caribbeans. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 1959 CUBAN REVOLUTIONBy John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Argentina prospers freshly. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-posts-six-months-fiscal-financial-surpluses-2024-07-16/ 1895 ARGENTINABy John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: AMIA and Nisman unLatin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/30-years-after-amia-terrorist-attack-declassified-reports-new-leads-and-controversies.phtml 1900 BUENOS AIRESCDS…

#NewWorldReport:Political violence in the Americas Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-court-sentences-five-people-up-34-years-candidate-murder-2024-07-12/1900 CHILE…

PRC: Imitation Cluster: Brandon Weichert, author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-07-14/China-opens-Beijing-Rocket-Street-to-boost-commercial-space-industry-1vdMxjh5PXy/p.html1956By John Batchelor

TAIWAN: Trump caveat. Stephen Yates, chair of the America First Policy Institute's China Policy Initiative, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3270691/where-would-trumps-running-mate-jd-vance-stand-big-china-issues 1925 TAIWANBy John Batchelor

DPRK: Famine. Greg Scarlatoiu, director of The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korean-diplomat-cuba-defected-south-korea-rcna162039 https://www.nknews.org/2024/07/kim-jong-un-reasserts-personal-oversight-of-rural-economy-at-new-fishery-project/ 1951 KOR…

PRC: Despair: Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, on the Third Plenum, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/15/china-off-limits-business-debt/ 1877 HONG KONGBy John Batchelor

2/2: POTUS: Judge Cannon posts 93 pages dismissing Jack Smith. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/garland-and-smith-have-themselves-to-blame-for-outright-dismissal-of-the-florida-case-against-trump/ 1930 SCOTUSBy John Batchelor

1/2: POTUS: Judge Cannon posts 93 pages dismissing Jack Smith. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/garland-and-smith-have-themselves-to-blame-for-outright-dismissal-of-the-florida-case-against-trump/ 1923 SCOTUSBy John Batchelor

#LEBANON: Nasrallah threatens & What is to be done? Jonathan Schanzer, FDD https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasrallah-threatens-to-fire-rockets-at-israeli-areas-not-yet-targeted-by-hezbollah/ 1899 BEIRUTBy John Batchelor

#GAZA: Is Deif KIA? Jonathan Schanzer, FDD https://jewishinsider.com/2024/07/mohammed-deif-hamas-leader-terrorist-israel-gaza-assassination/ 1858By John Batchelor

PREVIEW: PRC: Conversation with colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang, author WILDRIDE, rethe Third Plenum meeting in Beijing and its focus on domestic affairs, not tariffs and embargo. More tonight 1949 MoscowBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: IRAN: Conversation with colleague Behnam ben Taleblu of FDD re the many assassination tools used by the Islamic Republic, including trans natioanl narco-terror cartels. More tonight. 1925 PersiaBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: DOJ: TRUMP: Conversation with colleague Andrew McCarthy and Thaddeus McCotter re the Judge Aileen Cannon dismissal of the Mar-a-Lago documents case by Special counsel Jack Smith -- and what the cure could have been for irregular procedures. More tonight. 1920By John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #TAIWAN: #TRUMP: Conversation with colleague Steve Yates of the America First Policy Institute, re the remark by former president Trump that Taiwan must pay for its own defense -- and what is to be done? More tonight. 1907 TRBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #IDF: #HAMAS: #DEIF: Conversation with colleague Jonathan Schanzer, FDD, re the reports of Mohammed Deif - dead or alive? More tonight. undated Persia policeBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #PRC: #COMMERCIAL SPACE: Conversation with colleague Brandon Weichert, author WINNING SPACE, re the PRC launch of Beijing Rocket Street - and how to regard the venture. More tonight. 1955By John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING. The show begins tonight in the market waiting for cheaper money and runaway growth... 1920 Wall Street bombing. CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #Markets: As many as 3 quarter point cuts by year's end? Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-16/-trump-tra…

2/2: #HOTEL MARS: ROSCOSMOS plans for a moon lander, moon station and moon base, Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb.com. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://russianspaceweb.com/protected/spacecraft-manned-1967.html 1954By John Batchelor

1/2: #HOTEL MARS: ROSCOSMOS plans for a moon lander, moon station and moon base, Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb.com. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://russianspaceweb.com/protected/spacecraft-manned-1967.html 1953By John Batchelor

2/2: #PANAMA: Controlling and closing the Darien Gap. Allison Fedirka @GPFUTURES https://geopoliticalfutures.com/us-panama-mind-the-darien-gap/ 1913 Panama Canal ZoneBy John Batchelor

1/2: #PANAMA: Controlling and closing the Darien Gap. Allison Fedirka @GPFUTURES https://geopoliticalfutures.com/us-panama-mind-the-darien-gap/ 1913 Panama ZoneBy John Batchelor

#KINGCHARLES REPORT: Visiting the Channel Islands to reward a prize goat and bind the nation with peace. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/king-and-queen-award-royal-title-to-guernsey-goats-saved-from-nazis-sjgm96jmq 1922 Edward in IndiaBy John Batchelor

#HORN OF AFRICA: Civil war and turmoil in the Nile River Valley. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ethiopia-s-abiy-visits-sudan-s-army-chief-on-red-sea-coast/ar-BB1pGrhW 1936 KenyaBy John Batchelor

2/2: #VPOTUS: EU sees JD Vance as a Superpower politician and "arch isolationist" at the same time. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.ft.com/content/563c5005-c099-445f-b0f1-4077b8612de4 1916 English and French front lineBy John Batchelor

1/2: #VPOTUS: EU sees JD Vance as a Superpower politician and "arch isolationist" at the same time. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.ft.com/content/563c5005-c099-445f-b0f1-4077b8612de4 1917 Yankees meet the FrenchBy John Batchelor

#LondonCalling: Tradition of political assassination in Europe @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand 1918 Belleau WoodBy John Batchelor

#LondonCalling: France accidentally on purpose advances the Fthe France Unbowed radicals. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/macron-beat-the-right-but-france-lost-more-le-pen-melenchon-election-b86d4c10 undated ParisBy John Batchelor

#StateThinking:#UKRAINE: Viktor Orban tells the EU that Trump makes peace sooner rather than later. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/world/europe/orban-trump-ukraine-war-letter.html 1935 OhioBy John Batchelor

#StateThinking: VPOTUS VANCE identifies #PRC as the adversary. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.ft.com/content/0217cab2-c9a3-4ffa-993a-39874d6d803f1015-1030 1939 AppalachiaBy John Batchelor

2/2: #EU: France weakens and so does the EU & What is to be done? Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2024/07/judy-asks-does-the-french-vote-weaken-europe?lang=en 1910 ParisBy John Batchelor

1/2: #EU: France weakens and so does the EU & What is to be done? Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2024/07/judy-asks-does-the-french-vote-weaken-europe?lang=en 1909 BonapartesBy John Batchelor

#Markets: #POTUS: dodging a catastrophe. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-wins-pile-up-republican-convention-begins 1909 White HouseBy John Batchelor

#Markets: As many as 3 quarte- point cuts by year's end? Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-16/-trump-trades-timing-with-one-eye-on-gop-platform-yield-curve?srnd=undefined&sref=5g4GmFHo 1860 OYSTER STANDS NYCBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #PUTIN: Conversation with colleague Mary Kissel re the Trump record with Putin and the likely calendar a Trump administration would keep in order to solve the war in Europe. More tonight. 1815 MoscowBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #TRUMP TRADE: Conversation with colleague Elizabeth Peek of The Hill and Fox News re the markets and sectors that may benefit from a second Trump term. More detail later. 1929 CrashBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #KING CHARLES: #QUEEN CAMILLA: Conversation with colleague Gregory Copley re the success of the King and Queen to visit the Channel Islands to recognize prized goats - centering the nation on scenes of common joy in a time of turmoil in Europe. More later. 1917 King George and Queen Mary at the Western Front…

PREVIEW: #SPACEX: #FAA: Conversation with Bob Zimmerman re the FAA investigation of a SpaceX second stage anomaly that failed to deploy satellites correctly - and his inquiry. More later this week.. 1955By John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #DARIEN GAP: #PANAMA: Conversation with colleague Allison Fedirka of Geopolitical Futures re the Darien Gap and the beginning plans by the Panamanian government, working with the US, to limit the flow of migrants headed North to the USA. More tonight. 1929 Panama CityBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #MACRON: #STARMER: Conversation with colleague Joseph Sternberg in London for the WSJ re the French elections and what it may mean for the amiable regard of the EU by the new PM Keir Starmer and his majority Labour. More later. 1897 BrusselsBy John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING. The show begins in the al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan,... 1878 Khyber Road CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #AFGHANISTAN: Al Qaeda grows its footprint. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/07/analysis-al-qaeda-expands-its-network-of-training-ca…

USN vs PLANavy: 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://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy-fa-18-super-hornets-now-have-sm-6-missiles-china-should-worry-211828 1905 New Years Eve…

#EURASIA: China and Russia contesting Central Asia. Kamran Bokhari, senior director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/07/china-russia-see-sco-counterweight-nato-india-ambivalent https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Inte…

#EASTERN EUROPE: Going for nuke power & What is to be done? Henry Sokolski, NPEC https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-10/who-will-pay-for-eastern-europe-s-nuclear-power-plants?sref=5g4GmFHo 1904 Peter I of SerbiaBy John Batchelor

#OPCW: Ukraine accuses Russia of chemical attacks. Andrea Stricker, FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/07/12/opcw-visits-ukraine-after-accusations-of-russian-chemical-weapons-use/ 1919 Western FrontBy John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Venezuela and the vote. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-sanctions-growing-venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-2024-07-11/ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-venezuelan-prison-gang-tren-de-aragua…