This Blog consists of daily (well weekdays) updates about the individual of the day in IR news. Written by the editors of our newsletter the Westphalian.
Roch Marc Kaboré Name? Roch Marc Kaboré Westphalian identity? Burkinabé Age? 64 Why is he in the news? Yesterday the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Kaboré, fired Prime Minister…
Narendra Modi Name? Narendra Modi Westphalian identity? Indian Age? 71 Why is he in the news? Earlier this week, Prime Minister Modi hosted Russian President Putin to discuss defence and…
Hun Sen Name? Hun Sen Westphalian identity? Khmer/Cambodian Age? 69 Why is he in the news? The Cambodian Prime Minister hosted Myanmar’s military-appointed Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin only a…
Joe Biden Name? Joe Biden Westphalian identity? US American Age? 79 Why is he in the news? Last night the White House announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics…
Emmanuel Macron Name? Emmanuel Macron Westphalian identity? French Age? 43 Why is he in the news? French President Emmanuel Macron just ended his two-day sales tour through rich client countries…
Moon Jae-in Name? Moon Jae-in Westphalian identity? South Korean Age? 68 Why is he in the news? President Moon is happy to hear that China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, supports…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Name? Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Westphalian identity? Iranian Age? 57 Why is he in the news? Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated today that a new nuclear…
Vladimir Putin Name? Vladimir Putin Westphalian identity? Russian Age? 69 Why is he in the news? In April we discussed Vladimir Putin’s need for attention and his various ways of…
Felix Tshisekedi Name? Felix Tshisekedi Westphalian identity? Congolese Age? 58 Why is he in the news? Recently, Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), allowed the…
Nayib Bukele Name? Nayib Bukele Westphalian identity? Salvadoran Age? 40 Why is he in the news? Last Sunday Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced his plans to establish a Bitcoin City…