Hot Girl Briefing

Keep It Brief – Catholic Church Baptism Bamboozle

Sources for this episode include the following:

Ed White in “1 word invalidates baptism of Detroit Catholic priest, hundreds of others” from the Detroit Free Press
“Catechism of the Catholic Church” from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Thomas Reese in “Vatican causes chaos by invalidating baptism formula” from the National Catholic Reporter
““Responsum” della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede ad un dubbio sulla validità del Battesimo conferito con la formula “Noi ti battezziamo nel nome del Padre e del Figlio e dello Spirito Santo”, 06.08.2020” from the Holy See Press Office

Sources for Albania – Country Analysis

Sources for this week include:

“Albania” from the CIA World Factbook
Christopher Jarvis in “The Rise and Fall of Albania’s Pyramid Schemes” from the International Monetary Fund
“Albania” from Freedom House

Sources for Burkina Faso – The Latest Coup

Sources for this episode include the following:

“Burkina Faso Military Takeover” from the Africa Research Bulletin
Nick Turse in “Another U.S. Trained Soldier Stages a Coup in West Africa” from The Intercept
Thiam Ndiaga and Edward Mcallister in “African Union suspends Burkina Faso after military coup” from Reuters
Ornella Moderan and Fahiraman Rodrigue Kone in “What caused the coup in Burkina Faso?” from the Institute for Security Studies
Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk in “Exclusive: U.S. halts nearly $160 million aid to Burkina Faso after finding military coup occurred” from Reuters
Ebenezer Obadare in “Coup in Burkina Faso Bodes Ill for Stability in West Africa” from the Council on Foreign Relations
Federica Marsi in “Burkina Faso: Military coup prompts fears of further instability” from Aljazeera

Keep It BRI – Port of Piraeus

Sources for this episode include:

Liu Qianqian and Polyxeni Davarinou in “Sino-Greek Economic Cooperation COSCO’s Investment in the Port of Piraeus” from the Institute of Development Studies
Costas Paris in “China’s COSCO Pours More Money Into Greek Port; Chinese shipping giant will invest around $1 billion to make the Port of Piraeus a main gateway for China exports to Europe” from the Wall Street Journal
Laurent Laughlin in “Tensions in Greek Port of Piraeus Grow Along With Chinese Stakes” from VOA
Momoko Kidera in “‘Sold to China’: Greece’s Piraeus port town cools on Belt and Road

Keep It Brief – Canada Trucker Blockade

Sources for this episode include:

Tanya Snyder and Alex Daugherty in “American truckers distance from Canada protests” from Politico
Paul Solman and Ryan Connelly Holmes in “Canadian trucker blockades impact production on both sides of the border” from PBS News Hour
Azi Paybarah in “Trucker Protests in Canada: What You Need to Know” from The New York Times

Sources for Hawaii – Perfect Getaway or Illegal Occupation?

Sources for this episode include:

Hunter Willis in my Senior Capstone Research Project
Sister Cities of the World in “Sister cities of Honolulu”
“Hiroshima Mayor to Commemorate 50 Years of Sister-City Relationship with Honolulu” from East-West Center
‘Umi Perkins in “Hawai’i” from The Contemporary Pacific
“Hawaii telescope moves ahead” from Science
Lawrence H. Kessler in “A Plantation upon a hill; Or, Sugar without Rum: Hawai’i’s Missionaries and the Founding of the Sugarcane Plantation System” from Pacific Historical Review
Noelani Nasser in “American Imperialism in Hawai’i: How the United States Illegally Usurped a Sovereign Nation and Got Away With It” in Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly
“Hawai’i Legal History: Timeline” from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa Law Library

Sources for Keep It Brief: Ukraine Update

Sources for this episode include:

“Conflict in Ukraine” from the Council on Foreign Relations
Simon Lewis in “U.S. and Russia agree to keep talking after meeting on Ukraine” from Reuters
“Ukraine tension: US and Russia hold ‘frank’ talks” from BBC News
“NATO Rejects Russian Security Demands, But Says It’s Open To More Diplomacy” from Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Stefan Meister in “The Future of European Security – What Does Russia Want?” from the Zentrum Fur Osteuropa-und internationale Studien – The Center for East European and International Studies
“OSCE Meeting Ends, No Movement Made In Russia-Ukraine Crisis” from Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
“‘We Have Run Out Of Patience’: Lavrov Calls For West To Respond Quickly To Kremlin Demands” from Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Shaun Tandon for AFP and Romain Colas for AFP in “Blinken in Kyiv Urges Putin to Choose ‘Peaceful Path’ on Ukraine” from The Moscow Times
“Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference” from The White House
“Ukraine-Russia crisis: Attack will have ‘consequences,’ EU and US warn” from DW
“Ukraine: UK withdrawing some embassy staff from Kyiv” from BBC News
Barbara Starr and Jeremy Herb in “US places up to 8,500 troops on alert for possible deployment to Eastern Europe amid Russia tensions” from CNN
“Russia launches new military drills near Ukraine, in annexed Crimea” from France24
“No ‘Positive Response’ From U.S. on Main Ukraine Demand, Says Russia” from The Moscow Times
“Russia, Ukraine agree to uphold cease-fire in Normandy talks” from DW
“Macron reaffirms solidarity with Ukraine in call with Ukraine’s leader” from France24
Phil Stewart in “EXCLUSIVE Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine, adding to U.S. concern, officials say” from Reuters

Sources for Venezuela: Country Analysis

Sources for this episode include:

The Central Intelligence Agency in “Venezuela” from the CIA World Factbook
Clare Ribando Seelke, Rebecca M. Nelson, Rhoda Margesson, and Phillip Brown in “Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations” from the Congressional Research Service
Andres Antilliano, Enrique Desmond Arias, and Veronica Zubilliga in “Violence and territorial order in Caracas, Venezuela” from Political Geography
Naomi Roht-Arriaza and Santiago Martinez in “Grand Corruption and the International Criminal Court in the ‘Venezuela Situation'” from the Journal of International Criminal Justice
“U.S. Department of Justice Indicts Venezuelan Leader Nicolas Maduro on Narcotrafficking Charges” from the American Journal of International Law
Amelia Cheatham, Daniela Roy, and Rocio Cara Labrador in “Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate” from the Council on Foreign Relations
Rocio Cara Labrador in “Maduro’s Allies: Who Backs the Venezuelan Regime?” from the Council on Foreign Relations
“Venezuela” from Freedom House

Sources for China’s Covid Policy – No Covid Allowed

Sources for this episode include the following:

John Steven Ott, Francis L. Edwards & Pitima Boonyarak in “Global Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic” from the Public Organization Review
Zhaohui Su in “Rigorous Policy-Making Amid COVID-19 and Beyond: Literature Review and Critical Insights” from International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Marcella Siqueira Cassiano, Kevin D. Haggerty, and Ausma Bernot in “China’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Surveillance and Autonomy” from Surveillance & Society
Johnathon Schwartz & National Library of Medicine in “Compensating for the ‘Authoritarian Advantage’ in Crisis Response: A Comparative Case Study of SARS Pandemic Responses in China and Taiwan” from the Journal of Chinese Political Science
Alex Jingwei He, Yuda Shi & Hongdou Liu in “Crisis governance, Chinese style: distinctive features of China’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic” from Policy Design and Practice
Joseph Yi & Wondong Lee in “Pandemic Nationalism in South Korea” from Global Society
Ainsley Thomson “New Zealand Extends Auckland Lockdown, Plans Gradual Exit” from Bloomberg
Zheng Caixiong in “Expert says tough anti-virus policy not too expensive” from ChinaDaily.com.cn
James Palmer in “China Reckons With Omicron’s Specter” from Foreign Policy
Yuliya Talmazan, Eric Baculinao & Leying Tang in “13 million in Chinese City of Xi’an told to stay home amid growing Covid-19 surge” from NBC News
Nectar Gan and Steve George in “Beijing on high alert as China’s first Omicron cluster edges closer weeks before the Olympics” from CNN
Jennifer Bouey in “Strengthening China’s Public Health Response System: From SARS to COVID-19” from the American Journal of Public Health
Ran Zhang, Xiaoping Dong, Dayan Wang, Luzhao Feng, Lei Zhou, Ruiqi Ren, Carolyn Greene, Ying Song, Alexander J. Millman, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, and Zijian Feng in “One Hundred Years of Influenza Since the 1918 Pandemic – Is China Prepared Today” from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Sources for Keep It BRI – The EU Component

Sources for this episode include the following:

Julie T. Miao in “Understanding the soft power of China’s Belt and Road Initiative through a discourse analysis in Europe” from Regional Studies, Regional Science
Anna Cooban in “Europe unveils its $340 billion answer to China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative” from CNN Business
The Erasmus Student Network in “Erasmus+ Programme”
The European Union in “European Commission”
Jennifer Hillman and Alex Tippett in ” The Belt and Road Initiative: Forcing Europe to Reckon with China?” from the Council on Foreign Relations
Sebastian Seibt in “With its ‘Global Gateway’, EU tries to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative” from France24
Girogio Prodi and Enrico Fardella in “The Belt and Road Initiative and Its Impact on Europe” from Russia in Global Affairs
Mihajlo Jakovljevic, Arcadio A. Cerda, Yansui Liu, Leidy Garcia, Yuriy Timofeyev, Kristijan Krstic, and John Fontanesi in “Sustainability Challenge of Eastern Europe–Historical Legacy, Belt and Road Initiative, Population Aging and Migration” from Sustainability