The John Batchelor Show

Good evening: The show begins in the EU, asking if NATO is on life support? 1897 BRUSSELS : CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR SECOND HOUR THIRD HOUR FOURTH HOUR

#FRANCE: LAWFARE AND MARINE LE PEN. SIMON CONSTABLE, OCCITANIE 1940

GOP: UNTROUBLED: JIM PFAFF CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS. 1910 AURORA NEVADA

#CIVITAS INSTITUTE: CONVERSATION ABOUT THINKING OUT LOUD IN TEXAS. RICHARD REINSCH, CIVITAS OUTLOOK, CIVITAS INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 1891 AUSTIN, FIRST STREETCARS

#INDIA: 17TH CENTURY VIOLENCE. IN THE 21ST. SADANAND DHUME, WSJ 1925 BOMBAY

2/2: #SOMALIA: AL QAEDA AND ISIS WITH DRONES, CALEB WEISS, BILL ROGGIO, FDD.

1/2: #SOMALIA: AL QAEDA AND ISIS WITH DRONES, CALEB WEISS, BILL ROGGIO, FDD 2022 PUNTLAND

EU: TALK TALK RE UKRAINE: JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN. 1860 BECHTESGADEN

BERLIN: MERZ DISAPPOINTING. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN. 1850 BECHTESGADEN

USN: 2027 Rebecca Grant, vice president of the Lexington Institute, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL 1936 RANGER, LEXINGTON, SARATOGA https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/f-47s-mission-take-china-you-have-have-it https://www.foxnews.com/world/germany-says-us-talks-russia-ukraine-war-deadlocked-china-has-different-takehttps://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-military-says-it-is-conducting-exercises-around-taiwan-2025-03-31/

ROK: APRIL 4: David Maxwell, vice president of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-constitutional-court-rule-yoons-impeachment-april-4-2025-04-01/

Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research and author of new book, China's Technology War: Why Beijing Took Down Its Tech Giants, on this: https://www.newsweek.com/china-reacts-donald-trump-brics-threat-1993886. 1888 CONFUCIUS

TAIWAN; THREAT: James Fanell, co-author of Embracing Communist China: America's Greatest Strategic Failure and government fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL : https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-military-says-it-is-conducting-exercises-around-taiwan-2025-03-31/ 1887 CHING-YUEN1

2/2/: ERIC ADAMS "WITH PREJUDICE" FREE @ANDREWCMCCARTHY @NRO @THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS 1888 FIVE POINTS

PREVIEW: Colleague Judy Dempsey of the Carnegie Endowment comments on the kind of support that EU members offer Ukraine. More later. 1871 PRUSSIANS AT PARIS

PREVIEW: Colleague Andrew Collier comments on the property bubble and collapse in PRC, and what is to be done? More later. 2860 QING DYNASTY

PREVIEW: Colleague David Maxwell explains why North Korea and the PRC look to gain if President Yoon is removed from office. More later. 1904 KOREA

PREVIEW: Colleague Jim Fanell reports on the timing of the PRC show of invasion force off Taiwan. More later. 1912 USS WYOMING

PREVIEW: Colleague Sadanand Dhume reports on street violence in India because of a hit Bollywood movie that displays a notorious villain. And why? More later. 1862 INDIA

PREVIEW: Colleague Caleb Weiss of FDD reports on the origin and type of drones used in Somalia by al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab and breakaway jihadist ISIS. More later.