Wednesday (April 15th): WHO was way too slow
António Guterres Name? António Guterres Westphalian identity? Portugese Age? 70 Why is he in the news? Well someone, who was in Monday’s daily so cannot be in today’s daily, blamed…
“Do Millennials worry at all about government overreach and abuse of power, or do you believe governments are essentially benign?”
Before we answer this question we would like to provide a bit of context. The question has been submitted by Balder Hageraats in response to the lack of an apparent…
Tuesday (April 14th): Elections in South Korea
Jiwon Lee Name? Jiwon Lee Westphalian identity? South Korean Age? Young Why is she in the news? South Korea is holding parliamentary elections tomorrow despite Covid-19. Not a surprise given…
Monday (April 13th): He won’t stop winning!
President Donald J. Trump Name? Donald Trump Westphalian identity? United States American Age? 73 Why is he in the news? When is he not? But today we do not want…
Wednesday (April 8th): A vision for Europe?
Sebastian Kurz Name? Sebastian Kurz Westphalian identity? German (Yet he claims to be chancellor of some breakaway region in the south of Germany) Age? 33 Why is he in the…
Georgia: “We’re reverting back to Communism here”
Giorgi Gakharia Name? Giorgi Gakharia Official position? Prime Minister of Georgia since 2019 Number of cases? 188 (06.04.2020; 15:00 CET) What are the measures employed? On February 26th, Giorgi Gakharia…
Tuesday (April 7th): We really tried, we promise
Boris Johnson Name? Boris Johnson Westphalian identity? English or British, something along those lines Age? 55 Why is he in the news? We really tried to keep this Covid-free but…
Friday (April 3rd): EU a la carte
Koen Lenaerts Name? Koen Lenaerts Westphalian identity? Belgian Age? 65 Why is he in the news? Koen Lenaerts is the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.…
Wednesday (April 1st): Norwegian Money
Nicolai Tangen Name? Nicolai Tangen Westphalian identity? Norwegian Age? 54 Why is he in the news? Tangen will take over the biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund in the world, the Norwegian…
Tuesday (March 31st): Tensions in the South China Sea?
Taro Kono Name? Taro Kono Westphalian identity? Japanese Age? 57 Why is he in the news? Last night, a Japanese destroyer collided with a Chinese fishing boat in the East…