GOOD EVENING: The show begins in the bullish markets looking for an unleashed economy...

#LondonCalling: PM Starmer defends the defeated NHS. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

#LondonCalling: NET-ZERO: Costs and rethinks. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

POTUS-elect:: Not Loyalty but Fealty for the Trump Administration. John Bolton, WSJ

#SYRIA: Peril in all directions. John Bolton, WSJ

#KING CHARLES REPORT: Despite extended cancer treatments, Charles represents the strength of the Commonwealth.. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs.

SUDAN: Civil war and genocide. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

2/2: #SYRIA and the Neo-Ottomanism of Ankara. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

1/2: #SYRIA and the Neo-Ottomanism of Ankara. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

#LEBANON: No compliance with 1701. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

#GAZA: Hostage negotiation again at Doha. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

#STATETHINKING: North Korea, unchallenged by the Biden administration. @MaryKissel

#STATETHINKING: Iran, maximum pressure works. @MaryKissel

#BERLIN: CDU in ascendance, Friedrich Merz confident. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie

#BERLIN: The trending populist variety across the EU. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie

#BIDEN: Last minute Green and prankish.policy. Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News

BULLISH: Few very few, see a Recession ahead, Liz Peek, The Hill, Fox News

PREVIEW - LESS REGULATION, MORE PROSPERITY Colleague Elizabeth Peek observes that the current bullishness on Wall Street and Main Street stems from expectations that the Trump administration will maintain a light regulatory approach. More tonight

PREVIEW - TURKIYE: SYRIA Colleague Gregory Copley reports that Turkiye is exploring negotiations with Moscow regarding the potential handover of Bashar al-Assad to face war crimes charges. More tonight.

PREVIEW - EU: RUSSIA & PRC Colleague Judy Dempsey of Carnegie observes that EU states perceive Russia and China as hostile powers, yet are not ready to respond and show far less resolve than the Trump Administration. More tonight.