PREVIEW: #PRC: #TAIWAN: Conversation with colleague Captain Jmes Fanell, USN (ret) re an explanation for why US Navy authorities have been reluctant for so long to admit failure on the China threat. Much more later. https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Communist-China-Americas-Strategic/dp/1648210597/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?crid=SVI5QKVDH7ZQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.…

GOOD EVENING. The show begins in the UN to examine the flimsiness of the IC with John Bolton. To Russia, to the EU, Washington, Beijing, Seoul, the First Island Chain, Low Earth Orbit, Buenos Aires and Madrid, Brasilia, Mexico City, Panama. France, Iran, LEO, Mars. 1931By John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #CIVIL WAR: #PARTISANS: Conversation with colleague Patrick K. O'Donnell, author of the new Civil War history, THE UNVANQUISHED, re the friendship between Confederate Cavalry chief J.E.B. Stuart and the legendary and charming John Singleton Mosby. Much more tonight and tomorrow. https://www.amazon.com/Unvanquished-Lincolns-Special-Americas…

PREVIEW: #ARGENTINA: Comment by colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady of WSJ re a possible explanation as to why the maverick Libertarian reformer President Javier Milei is making decisions that appear inconsistent with campaign assertions and promises. More later. 1920 Buenos Aires.By John Batchelor

PREVIEW: TSMC: Comment by colleague Chris Riegel re the reported kill switch on the TSMC FABS outside of Taipei in the event of PLA invasion or takeover -- and what this means for global high-end chip demand. More detail tonight. 1925 Taipei TaiwanBy John Batchelor

#MARS: Landslide in 13G. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-really-really-big-landslide-on-mars/ 1976 MARSBy John Batchelor

#ISS: Waiting for Dream Chaser to LEO with cargo. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sierra-spaces-tenacity-mini-shuttle-arrives-at-the-cape/ 1922By John Batchelor

#IRAN: The Raisi instability. Brandon Weichert, author, The Shadow War: Iran's Quest for Supremacy. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/21/franz-ferdinand-moment/ 1925 PersiaBy John Batchelor

#FRANCE: The rains continue, threatening the crop. Simon Constable, Occitane https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-sees-maize-area-up-nearly-10-in-shift-to-spring-crops/ar-BB1mqhqA 1920 FranceBy John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Panama and DR conduct successful elections. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-president-elect-builds-business-friendly-cabinet-2024-05-16/ 1930 Panama City…

#NewWorldReport: Mexico and the BYD manufacturer 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/mexican-presidential-candidates-spar-over-security-final-debate-2024-05-20/ 1969 Mexico City…

#NewWorldReport:Severe disaster in Rio Grande du Sol. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/close-13000-hogs-perish-brazil-flood-hit-state-2024-05-20/ 1928 BrazilBy John Batchelor

1100-1115#NewWorldReport: Buenos Aires vs Madrid. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/spain-escalates-diplomatic-rebuke-argentinas-milei-2024-05-21/ 1936 Buenos AiresBy John Batchelor

#LEO: Militarize space. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://spacenews.com/china-launches-four-high-resolution-remote-sensing-satellites/ 1949By John Batchelor

#PACIFIC James Fanell, co-author of Embracing Communist China: America's Greatest Strategic Failure and government fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, on his recommendations on how to counter China . @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HIL https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Communist-China-Americas-Strategic/dp/1648210597/ref=sr_1_fk…

#SEOUL: ROK & Japan welcome Li Qiang of the PRC for talks. Rebecca Grant, vice president of the Lexington Institute,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.voanews.com/a/us-expects-south-korea-and-japan-to-manage-ties-with-china-at-summit-amid-growing-differences/7620519.html 1951 Corsairs and USS Boxer, Korean War…

#PRC: EV dumping. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, on the EV thread between Anne and you. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Ride-history-opening-closing/dp/173942431X October 1953By John Batchelor

2//2: #AFGHANISTAN: Alleged cutthroat Police Chief of Kandahar And the US war aims. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/world/asia/afghanistan-abdul-raziq.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb 1898 Khyber PassBy John Batchelor

1/2: #AFGHANISTAN: Alleged cutthroat Police Chief of Kandahar and the US war aims. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/world/asia/afghanistan-abdul-raziq.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb 1848 Khyber PassBy John Batchelor

#RUSSIA: Confiscating assets. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution https://on.ft.com/3V5HHfH 1911 BrusselsBy John Batchelor

#ICC: Illegitimate. John Bolton, Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/21/icc-arrest-warrant-israel-hamas-debate/ 1650 The HagueBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW-REUSABLES: Conversation with Bob Zimmerman re who came up with the genius of reusable boosters -- the breakthrough in orbit and beyond. More tonightBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: Afghanistan: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio re the NYT investigation of the Kandahar Police chief Abdul Raziq -- allegedly responsible for hundreds or more disappeared Afghans in a reign of murder. Details tonight. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/world/asia/afghanistan-abdul-raziq.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=art…

PREVIEW: #COPPER: Conversation with colleague Simon Constable in France re the sudden highest ever cost of copper -- and does this connect with a China manufacturing revival? More later. 2012: 17th Cenury map of Chile.By John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #PRC: Conversation with colleague Captain James Fannell, USN (ret.) re what must be done to deter the PLANavy strategy to penetrate and defeat the US and its allies in the island chains of th Western Pacific. Details tonight. 1943 YorktownBy John Batchelor

PREVEW: #SERBIA: Conversation with colleague Ivana Stradner of FDD re the disinformation campaign launched by Russia against Kosovo and in support of the Russian and Chinese ally in the Western Balkans, Serbia. More later. 1930 BelgradBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #PRC: Conversation with colleagues Anne Stevenson-Yang and Gordon Chang re the extremely long wait for China EV manufacturers to pay their bills and why? More tonight. undated Peking trainBy John Batchelor