On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our segment one guests are Ilan Berman of the American Foreign Policy Council, and Evelyn Farkas, PhD, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia in the Obama administration who is now with the German Marshall Fund. In segment two we discuss the week on world markets with guests “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
Topics:
— What’s next in the wake of President Trump’s announcement that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi committed suicide in the wake of a raid by US special operators in Idlib in northeastern Syria
— Danger posted by ISIS, especially should the group reunite with Al Qaida
— US counterterror and regionals strategy and a reinvigorated Russian role across the Middle East
— Earnings by leading US companies Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, United Technologies as well as Thales, Saab and MTU
— A close look at Boeing earnings as well as update on 737 Max and revised production rates on 787 and 777X jetliners
— Implications of reduced Federal Aviation Administration oversight of new aircraft development detailed by The New York Times in “Before Deadly Crashes, Boeing Pushed for Law That Undercut Oversight”
— Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg’s testimony this week before the US congressional investigatory committees
— European regulatory framework
