Tuesday (March 10th): An offer we can’t refuse
Name? Giuseppe Conte Westphalian identity? Italian Age? 55 Why is he in the news? He locked down Italy last night; that is not a nightclub at Gran Via but an…
Thursday (March 5th): Brexit is cooler than Covid-19
Michel Barnier Name? Michel Barnier Westphalian identity? French but European in this context Age? 69 Why is he in the news? Let’s take a break from the exhausting panic about…
Tuesday (March 3rd): “Super Tuesday” Israel edition.
Benjamin Netanjahu Name? Benjamin Netanyahu Westphalian Identity? Israeli Age? 70 Why is he in the news? Israelis voted for the third time in a year and it seems like Netanyahu…
Monday (March 2nd): The US Withdrawal Specialist
Zalmay Khalilzad Name? Zalmay Khalilzad Westphalian identity? United States of America (born Afghan) Age? 68 Why is he in the news? He was the top US diplomat responsible for brokering…
Friday (Feb. 28): Turkey and Syria: At the brink of war?
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Name? Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Westphalian Identity? Turkish Age? 66 Why is he in the news? Erdoğan is on fire after the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in…
Protests all over the world
“What is the situation of the protests around the world (Latin America, Hong Kong, etc.)? They seem to have been out of the news for a while” Indeed, they have…
Friday (Feb. 21): Iranian Elections for Parliament
Ali Khamenei Name? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Westphalian Identity? Iranian Age? 80 Why is he in the news? He is not really because the media already talked about Iran this year…
Thursday (Feb. 20): Diplomacy at its best
Paul Kagame Yoweri Museveni Name? Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni Westphalian Identity? Rwandan and Ugandan Age? 62 and 75 Why are they in the news? Are they? Certainly not in…
Pandemics of the Past
Could you give an overview of past global health scares, and how do they compare to Covid-19? Oh yes, finally we get to rant about the coronavirus (Covid-19 for the…
Monday (Feb. 17th): Democracy further taken apart
Name? Wendy Abraham Westphalian identity? Australian Age? Classified (or, rather, a 30-second google search proved inconclusive) Why is she in the news? She is a judge in Australia, and she…