Author: Joshua Dario Hasenstab

Ursula von der Leyen Name? Ursula von der Leyen Westphalian identity? European (self-proclaimed) Age? 61 Why is she in the news? She just announced that the European Union will add…

Ashok Gehlot Name? Ashok Gehlot Westphalian identity? Indian Age? 69 Why is he in the news? He is the Chief Minister of Indian State Rajasthan. Among many other countries, this…

Name? Khalifa Haftar Westphalian identity? Libyan  Wikimedia Age? 76 Why is he in the news? Two weeks ago, one of our writers wrote about Al-Sarraj’s “Hot Comeback” in the Hot…

Naftali Bennett Name? Naftali Bennett Westphalian identity? Israeli Age? 48 Why is he in the news? Israel and Iran have been exchanging cyber attacks in a tit for tat manner…

Name? Angela Merkel  Westphalian identity? German Age? 65 Wikimedia Why is he in the news? Minutes ago she stepped in front of the press in Berlin while Emanuel Macron stepped…

 Abiy Ahmed Name? Abiy Ahmed Westphalian identity? Ethiopian Age? 43 Why is he in the news? Have you ever heard about the Renaissance Dam? No, us neither until this morning…

Mike Pompeo Name? Mike Pompeo Westphalian identity? US American Age? 56 Why is he in the news? He has been very outspoken about Covid-19 and how there is “enormous evidence”…

Jordan Goudreau Name? Jordan Goudreau Westphalian identity? US American Age? We don’t really know as there is no Wikipedia article about him (yet) but we assume he is anywhere in…

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Name? Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Westphalian identity? Egyptian Age? 65 Why is he in the news? Two years ago he imprisoned a young Egyptian filmmaker who worked on…