Hot Girl Briefing

Sources for Keep It Brief – Chip Shortage

Sources for this week include:

Chris Baraniuk in “Why is there a chip shortage?” from BBC News
Alex Finnis in “Why is there a chip shortage? Global microchip crisis explained, when it could end and what it means” from i news
Leo Kelion in “Factory blaze adds to computer chip supply crisis” from BBC News
Matt Egan in “‘This is a crisis now.’ Biden official pleads with Congress to immediately address computer chip shortage” from CNN

Sources for this week include the following:

Charles Clover and Sherry Fei Ju in “Chinese military base takes shape in Djibouti” from The Financial Times Limited
Jean-Pierre Cabestan in “China’s Military Base in Djibouti: A Microcosm of China’s Growing Competition with the United States and New Bipolarity” from the Journal of Contemporary China
Sam LaGrone in “AFRICOM: Chinese Naval Base in Africa Set to Support Aircraft Carriers” from USNI News
Craig Singleton in “Beijing Eyes New Military Bases Across the Indo-Pacific” from Foreign Policy

Sources for this week include:

Conference of the Parties Twenty-sixth session Glasgow 31 October–12 November 2021 Adopted agenda
“What Is A COP?” from UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021
“Expression of gratitude to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the people of the city of Glasgow” from United Nations Climate Change
The “Glasgow Climate Pact” from the United Nations Climate Change
“Governments Adopt Glasgow Climate Pact, Operationalize Paris Agreement” from the International Institute for Sustainable Development
“The Paris Agreement” from United Nations Climate Change
Helen Mountford, David Waskow, Lorena Gonzalez, Chirag Gajjar, Nathan Cogswell, Mima Holt, Taryn Fransen, Molly Bergen, and Rhys Gerholdt in “COP26: Key Outcomes From the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow” from the World Resources Institute
Scott Tong in “Cap and confiscate: Now anyone can buy and lock up pollution permits” from MARKETPLACE
H.J. Mai in “U.S. Officially Rejoins Paris Agreement On Climate Change” from NPR
Colin Packham reporting and Karishma Singh editing in “Tuvalu minister stands in sea to film COP26 speech to show climate change” from Reuters
Harriet Bulkeley, Heike Schroeder, Kathryn B. Janda, and Jimmy Zhao in “Cities and Climate Change: The role of institutions, governance, and urban planning”

Sources for this week include:

The International Criminal Court
Invisible Children in “KONY 2012”
Sam Sanders from NPR in “The ‘Kony 2012’ Effect: Recovering From A Viral Sensation”
Lucy Harding from the Journal of Human Rights Practice in “Kony 2012 in review”
Ryan Fan from Medium / Anin Justice Mag in “What Happened With Kony 2012, The Most Viral Video Ever?”
Associated Press from The Guardian in “Obama sends 100 troops to combat LRA in Uganda”

Sources for this weeks episode include:

Joel L. Green from the Congressional Research Service in “Dairy Provisions in USMCA”
Katie Lobosco, Brian Fung, and Tami Luhby in “6 key differences between NAFTA and the USMCA deal that replaces it” from CNN politics
The International Trade Administration in “USMCA vs NAFTA”
The International Trade Administration in “North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)”
The Office of the United States Trade Representative in “Free Trade Agreements”

Sources for this episode include the following:

Zi Yang in “Securing China’s Belt and Road Initiative” from the United States Institute of Peace
Paul Nantulya in “Chinese Security Firms Spread along the African Belt and Road” from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Paul Nantulya in “Chinese Security Contractors in Africa” from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The sources used for this episode are:

James McKinley Jr. in “Spotlight on Safety for Shows Outdoors” from The New York Times
Steve Beavers in “The Laws and Restrictions That Every Music Venue Must Follow” from U.S. Risk
Vimal Patel and Sophie Kasakove in “What to Know About the Houston Astroworld Tragedy” from The New York Times
“Security Guard Requirements For Events” from Vigilante Tiger Security
Nancy Dillon in “Man Paralyzed at 2017 Travis Scott Show ‘Devastated’ for Astroworld Victims” from RollingStone
Sumanti Sen in “Who is Kyle Green? Chaos at 2017 Travis Scott concert left man paralyzed forever” from MEAWW
“How Many Security Guards Or Staff Do I Need For My Event ?” from Central Protection
Patrick Ryan in “As incidents rise, does concert safety need another look?” from USA TODAY

The source for this episode is from Dharna Noor in “Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos Are Legally People, Court Rules” from Gizmodo.

Sources for this week include:

“Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea” in the Global Conflict Tracker from the Council on Foreign Relations
“South China Sea” from the Lowy Institute
“United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” from Wikipedia
“China’s Maritime Disputes” from the Council on Foreign Relations
“China military ‘drove away’ US warship in South China Sea” from Al Jazeera and News Agencies
“Philippines v. China” from Wikipedia

Sources for this episode include:

Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri in “Debunking the Myth of ‘Debt-trap Diplomacy'” from Chatham House
Anna Gelpern, Sebastian Horn, Scott Morris, Brad Parks, and Christoph Tebesch in “How China Lends” a working paper from the Peterson Institute for International Economics