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Sources for The Shanghai Cooperation Organization – Kiki’s, Trip’s Abroad, and Clause’s Galore!

Sources for this episode include the following:

“Shanghai Cooperation Organization” from Political and Peacebuilding Affairs form the UN
Krishna N. Das, Devjyot Ghoshal, and Hugh Lawson in “India’s Modi, Turkey’s Erdogan hold unexpected meeting at regional summit” from Reuters
“President Xi Jinping Attends the 22nd Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State and Delivers Important Remarks” from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
“Vladimir Putin ‘humiliated’ again, this time by Kyrgyzstan President” from Livemint
“Samarkand Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation Organization” from Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India

Space Force: Coming to a Country Near You?

Sources for this week include:

The United Nations General Assembly in “2222 (XXI). Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies” from the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Makena Young, Nicholas Wood, and Alyssa Goessler with the Foreward by Susan M. Gordon in “Space Threat Assessment 2022” from the Center for Strategic & International Studies
Anna Hardage in “The Security Dilemma In (Supra)Geopolitics: Great Power Politics In The Creation Of Space Forces” from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ProQuest Dissertations Publishing

Sources for UNGA Resolution on Survivors of Sexual Assault

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Below are our sources used for this week!

Euronews with AFP in “United Nations adopts ‘historic’ resolution on justice for rape survivors” from Euronews
The exhibit mentioned within the podcast presented by Rise and the Spotlight Initiative from Rise
Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis in “Statement at the Adoption of the First-Ever UN General Assembly Resolution on Survivors of Sexual Violence” from the United States Mission to the United Nations
“H.R.5578 – Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016” from congress.gov
Edith M. Lederer from the Associated Press in “UN condemns sexual violence and urges justice for survivors” from abc NEWS
“Survivor Rights at the United Nations” from Rise

Sources for Philippines Election Update

Sources for this episode include the following:

Ashley Westerman in “Philippine Supreme Court petition seeks to cancel candidacy of President-elect Marcos” from NPR
Bonnie Glaser and Charmaine Willoughby in “China’s Relations with the Philippines under Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.” from German Marshall Fund
Associated Press of ABC News in “Marcos Jr says Philippines won’t rejoin international court” from ABC News
Joshua Kurlantzick in “What can be learned from Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s First Weeks in Office?” from Council on Foreign Relations
Andreo Calonzo in “Marcos Touts China Ties as Sea Tensions Trigger Protests” from Bloomberg News

The Trip To Taiwan & Our Incoming Patreon

Sources for this episode include the following:

Nancy Pelosi in “Nancy Pelosi: Why I’m leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan” from The Washington Post
Qin Gang in “Chinese Ambassador: Why China objects to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan” from The Washington Post

Sources for The International Space Station – Out of this World

Sources for this episode include the following:

“International Cooperation” from NASA
“Space Station” from Department of State of the United States of America
Jeff Foust in “Roscosmos head revises comments about quitting ISS after 2024” from Space News
DNA Web Desk in “International Space Station: How the ISS benefits people back on earth, NASA explains” from DNA
Michael Sheetz in “NASA reviews private space station proposals, expects to save over $1 billion annually after ISS retires” from CNBC

Sources for Shinzo Abe and His Legacies

Sources for this episode include the following:

Yvette Tan & Matt Murphy in “Shinzo Abe: Japan ex-leader assassinated while giving speech” from BBC
Matthew P. Goodman in “Shinzo Abe’s Legacy as Champion of the Global Economic Order” from the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Jeff Kingston in “Shinzo Abe is gone, but his controversial vision for Japan lives on” from The Guardian
Erin Blakemore in “The Brutal History of Japan’s ‘Comfort Women'” from History News

Sources for The Great Political Resignation

Sources for this episode include the following:

Haley Ott in “U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces resignation after dozens of colleagues quit over string of scandals” from CBS News
Haley Ott in “Why was U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson forced to resign, and what happens next?” from CBS News
The Associated Press in “Sri Lanka president and prime minister to resign after tumultuous protests” from NBC News
Dean Mirshahi in “Over 300 Virginia state employees in wake of Governor Youngkin’s telework policy” from WRIC ABC 8 News
Matt Delaney in “Youngkin’s return-to-office plan prompts departure of over 300 Virginia state employees” from The Washington Times
Nicole Dantzler and Dean Mirshahi in “Hundred of Virginia state employees resign amid new policy to bring them back to the office” from The Hill

Sources for the Summit of the Americas 2022

Sources for this episode include the following:

The US Department of State in “About the Summit of the Americas” from the U.S. Department of State
Steve Liston in ” What You Need to Know about the Ninth Summit of the Americas” from AS/COA
Al Jazeera Staff in “Mexico’s AMLO will skip US-hosted Summit of the Americas” from Al Jazeera
Diana Roy in “What’s at Stake for Biden at the 2022 Summit of the Americas” from CFR
Oliver Stuenkel, Shannon K. O’Neil, Andrés Rozental and Juan Battaleme in “A Region Divided: What Did the Summit of the Americas Accomplish?” From FGV, CFR, COMEXI, and CARI on the Council of Councils in a Global Memo

Sources for Gun Control Legislation

Sources for this episode include:

Jamie Goldberg in “Oregon’s Kurt Schrader votes against gun control bill passed by U.S. House” from OregonLive
Melissa Quinn in “House passes package of gun control bills in response to Buffalo and Uvalde shootings” from CBS News
Steve Contorno, Leyla Santiago, and Denise Royal in “Florida’s red flag law, championed by Republicans, is taking guns from thousands of people” from CNN
Jeffrey W. Swanson et al., Implementation and Effectiveness of Connecticut’s Risk-Based Gun Removal Law: Does it Prevent Suicides?, 80 Law and Contemporary Problems 179-208 (2017)
Zeoli AM, McCourt A, Buggs S, Frattaroli S, Lilley D, Webster DW. Analysis of the Strength of Legal Firearms Restrictions for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Their Associations With Intimate Partner Homicide. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Nov 1;187(11):2365-2371. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy174. PMID: 30383263.
The National Rifle Association in “A Brief History of the NRA” from the NRA Website
Meghan Keneally in “Understanding the 1994 assault weapons ban and why it ended” from ABC News
Britt Cheng in “12 stats to help inform the gun control debate” from NPR
John Gramlich in “What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.” from Pew Research Center
Giovanna Coi and Cornelius Hirsch in “Global gun violence and laws compared — by the numbers” from Politico
German Lopez in “How gun control works in America, compared with 4 other rich countries” from Vox
Ximena Bustillo and Kelsey Snell in “Senate gun law negotiators working toward a deal by the end of the week” from NPR
Daniel Nass in “How Much Did the NRA Spend to Support Republicans in 2020” from The Trace