GOOD EVENING: The show begins at the Federal Reserve, puzzling over what is to be done with the mixed to negative metrics from the US economy -- and the likelihood of a soft landing. We then move to campuses across the nation where spring festivities and final exams have been overshadowed by chanting -- sometimes antisemitic, and certainly less tha…

2/2: #EU: Strategic Autonomy: Don't want to talk about it. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/92304 1898 BERLINΑπό τον John Batchelor

1/2: #EU: Strategic Autonomy: Don't want to talk about it. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/92304 1957 PARISΑπό τον John Batchelor

#OCEANIA: Solomons in the PRC grasp. Cleo Paskal, FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/04/28/china-watches-as-the-u-s-fumbles-around-in-central-pacific/ 1940 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIAΑπό τον John Batchelor

#OCEANIA: Security for the Central Pacific unfinished. Cleo Paskal, FDD . https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/04/28/china-watches-as-the-u-s-fumbles-around-in-central-pacific/ 1944 OFF THE MARSHALL ISLANDSΑπό τον John Batchelor

#KingCharlesReport: Brave man. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/04/30/king-assures-cancer-sufferers-fine-first-visit-hospital/ 1912 KING, QUEEN, HEIRΑπό τον John Batchelor

#ATARCTICA: The colonial race is on, PRC dominating. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica 1900 MYSTERIOUS ISLAND BY JULES VERNEΑπό τον John Batchelor

#GAZA: Fleeing to Erdogan's protection in Turkiye. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/30/israel-netanyahu-rafah-invasion-ceasefire-deal/ 1870 ISTANBULΑπό τον John Batchelor

#IRAN: 1978 to 2024 and the end of the Mullahs. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-mullahs-regime-in-iran-is-engulfed-in-fear/ UNDATEDΑπό τον John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Peru sues the PRC. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-seeks-avoid-arbitration-over-chinese-built-mega-port-2024-04-29/ 1910 PERUΑπό τον John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Three elections: Panama, Mexico and Venezuela. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis Three elections: Panama, Mexico, Venezuela. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-top-court-calls-session-presidential-frontrunners-candidacy-2024-0…

#NewWorldReport: Americas Act vs PRC & what is to be done? Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.as-coa.org/articles/coa-welcomes-introduction-americas-act 1952 VenezuelaΑπό τον John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Maverick President Javier Milei's sister Karina. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://on.ft.com/3We88Rj 1899 ArgentinaΑπό τον John Batchelor

#ANTISEMITISM: Campus breakdown coast to coast. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/04/30/columbia-students-pro-palestinian-protesters-barricade/ 1888 Leland Stanford home, Palo AltoΑπό τον John Batchelor

#ISRAEL: The Gaza operation and the Hezbollah undecided. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/30/israel-netanyahu-rafah-invasion-ceasefire-deal/ 1898 GazaΑπό τον John Batchelor

#Markets: The Biden Administration regulates salt and sugar. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-white-house-signals-pessimism-election-surprising-way https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-30/us-labor-costs-accelerate-to-1-2-biggest-advance-in-a-year?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=5g4GmFHo 1928 …

#Markets: Wage pressure in addition to D. C. spending. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-30/us-labor-costs-accelerate-to-1-2-biggest-advance-in-a-year?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=5g4GmFHo 1914 Federal ReserveΑπό τον John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #ARGENTINA: Conversation with Professor Evan Ellis regarding the report in the Financial Times about Argentine President Javier Milei's sister, Karina, and her unconventional role in the presidential administration -- a colorful and gossipy story. More details to follow later. 1936 Buenos Aires…

PREVIEW: #MARKET GARDEN: #MONTGOMERY: Conversation with colleague Gregory Copley regarding the revelation in a soon-to-be-published book that Anthony Blunt, a member of the Cambridge Five and a spy catcher at MI5, discovered the details of Operation Market Garden and passed them to his NKVD handler. It is presumed that the information was then rela…

PREVIEW: #OCEANIA: #PRC: Conversation with colleague Cleo Paskal of FDD regarding the planeloads of Chinese nationals from Hong Kong entering the US without a visa at the US territory of the Northern Mariannas, capitol at Saipan -- with easy accesss by water to the casino at Tinian and the US military base at Guam -- and exploring the potential mot…

PREVIEW: #HEZBOLLAH: #IDF: Conversation with colleague Jonathan Schanzer of FDD regarding the looming threat of war in the north against the well-armed and massive Hezbollah forces in Lebanon -- and discussing potential strategies to address this challenge. 1867 BeirutΑπό τον John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #INFLATION: Conversation with colleague Elizabeth Peek of Fox News and The Hill regarding the challenged expectation of a soft landing for the Federal Reserve and the American economy -- along with doubts about spending, jobs, inflation, credit card debt, and the potential impact on the upcoming election. More details to follow later. 1919…

PREVIEW: #EU: #MACRON: Conversation with colleague Judy Dempsey of the Carnegie Endowment in Berlin of the European capitals conversations about an EU military -- and that, other than President Macron, they really don't want to talk abou it. More later. https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/92304 1910 France…

GOOD EVENING. The show begins in Gaza at a moment when the fighting may end and diplomacy begin. We then move to the East China Sea and the Okinawa island chain, where they are fending off Chinese Coast Guard harassment around the Senkaku Islands. Next, we visit Palawan Island in the Philippines, located on the South China Sea shore. From there, we…

#NewWorldReport: The constant dangers in Ecuador. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-says-it-has-sued-mexico-over-granting-asylum-former-vp-2024-04-29/ 1941 EcuadorΑπό τον John Batchelor