GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Ukraine and, following Clausewitz, asks questions of the resources, risk and reward of the Kursk Salient....

The John Batchelor Show

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 #HEZBOLLAH: The war of the North. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 930-945 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/ 945-1000 2/2: #POTUS: Superseding Special Counsel Smith Indictment of Trump and SCOTUShttps://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/smiths-superseding-indictment-returns-trump-case-to-square-one/

SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #NewWorldReport: The corruption story from Chavez to Maduro. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 1015-1030 #NewWorldReport: Venezuela Opposition struggles while the arrests continue. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 1030-1045 #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 1045-1100 #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
THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 FRANCE: SUNFLOWERS AND BLACKBERRIES: Simon Constable, Occitanie. 1115-1130 #UK: PM Starmer "and" unpopular. Simon Constable, Occitanie. 1130-1145 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/ 1145-1200 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/

FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 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 HILLhttps://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/greats-agree-ukraines-kursk-offensive-strategic-malpractice-212455

1215-1230 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

1230-1245 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

1245-100 am PRC: DUMPING EVS AND STEEL: Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL:https://apnews.com/article/canada-china-evs-tariffs-0cd68ba7533bc6e7111cdd5811c8889c