Hi everybody! This week for your Keep It Brief, your hosts will be discussing the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Have y'all every heard of a diplomatic boycott? Get familiarized this episode and listen in on the who's who of this boycott and who won't be attending the Olympics this time around and the reasons different countries are giving for their RSVPs. Thank you all for tuning in and we will see you all on Thursday for a Keep It BRI!

Hi everybody! Thank you all for tuning into our newest segment of individual country analysis. We are fortunate this week to be joined by the lovely Dr. Paul Kubicek who has extensive knowledge in Turkey. We will be discussing the domestic strengths, issues, and capabilities of Turkey as well as looking into how these domestic constraints and capabilities impact Turkey's foreign policy as well as examining what exactly Turkey's foreign policy ambitions are. Thank you all for tuning in and PLEASE ANSWER THE Q/A ON SPOTIFY IF YOU ARE A SPOTIFY LISTENER as this will help us better construct episodes for all of y'all! We will see you all on Monday for a Keep It Brief so have a great weekend y'all!

Hello everybody! For the first time ever, your hosts will be joined by a subject matter expert! Join us in welcoming Dr. Paul Kubicek! Dr. Kubicek will be assisting your hosts in covering Ukraine's past relationship with Russia, the annexation of Crimea, the current security threats from Russia towards Ukraine and more. We are so excited to have had Dr. Kubicek on the podcast and we hope that you all do too. We will see you THIS Thursday for the start of a brand new segment on individual country analysis starting with Turkey! Thank you all for tuning in and we will see you on Thursday!

Hi everybody! First, welcome to the new year! This week your hosts will be discussing the ongoing situation with the Chinese conglomerate Evergrande and its financial hardship. Find out why the fall of this domestic conglomerate is such an issue for China's foreign policy goals and what China can do to mitigate a crisis. Thank you for tuning in and we cannot wait to see you all on Monday for our first ever episode with a guest! 

Hello everybody! Due to the holiday season, we will not have a new Keep It Brief releasing today but we will be back to our regularly scheduled content on Thursday with a Keep It BRI. Thank you all so much for tuning in to your Hot Girl Briefing and we hope that you have had a great start to the New Year so far!

Hi everybody! This week your hosts will be discussing Taiwan and the intricacies involved between China, Taiwan, and the United States. How did the feud between China and Taiwan start? Why is the United States in a defensive agreement with Taiwan? Is Taiwan even recognized as a country? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this week's episode! Thank you all for tuning in and we will see you with new episodes in the new year! 

Hi everybody! On our last episode of Keep It BRI we discussed who gets Belt and Road investment and this week we will be discussing what gets invested into within the Belt and Road Initiative. We will be discussing the different sectors of investment and how many projects have been designated within these sectors including private security! Thank you all so much for tuning in and we will see you next week for a full length episode of your Hot Girl Briefing!

Hi everybody! This week your hosts will explore the illegal organ trade and the implications of it! We will be discussing the one and only country that allows for legal organ trade, Iran, and will also talk about what we might see in the future. Thank you all for tuning in and we will see you on Thursday for a Keep It BRI! 

Hi everybody! First like last week we would like to insert the disclaimer that neither of your hosts are financial or legal advisors and nothing mentioned during this podcast is meant to be taken as advice whether that be financially or legally. In this episode, we will discuss the three main institutions that were discussed in the Pandora Papers and how they impact the international economic order. Thank you all so much for tuning in and please let us know on Spotify if you would like more episodes on the topic of the Pandora Papers! See you all on Monday!

Hi everybody! This week we will be discussing the Pandora Papers and what exactly they are while relating to the international system. In this first part, we will focus on what precisely the Pandora Papers are and how they came to be and understand who some of the major actors named in the papers. We would like to once again say that we will be sourcing very heavily from the ICIJ and that they are the sourcing for this week's episode. We also will reiterate that we are neither legal nor financial advisors and we are not giving out any legal or financial advice at any point throughout the episode and any commentary should not be taken as such. Thank you all for listening and tune in on Thursday for Part Two of the Panama Papers!