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…
Monday (March 30th): Orbán takes control, full control
Viktor Orbán - Former Prime Minister of Hungary Name? Viktor Orbán Westphalian identity? Hungarian Age? 56 Why is he in the news? Today Hungary’s parliament passed a law that lets…
Thursday (March 26th): Yemen war nears 5 years with no end in sight
Abd Rabbo Mansur Hadi Name? Abd Rabbo Mansur Hadi Westphalian identity? Yemeni Age? 74 Why is he in the news? 5 years ago, Yemen’s President Hadi had to flee his…
Wednesday (March 25th): EU greenlights membership consideration of Albania & North Macedonia
Oliver Varhelyi Name? Oliver Varhelyi Westphalian identity? Hungarian Age? 48 Why is he in the news? The 27 European Ministers of Foreign Affairs agreed to start negotiations for the 35…