Friday (October 29th): Iran’s comeback (stepback?)
Ali Bagheri Name? Ali Bagheri Westphalian identity? Iranian Age? 54 Why is he in the news? After the election of a new hardline government in Iran, hopes for the revival…
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Ali Bagheri Name? Ali Bagheri Westphalian identity? Iranian Age? 54 Why is he in the news? After the election of a new hardline government in Iran, hopes for the revival…
Boris Johnson Name? Boris Johnson Westphalian identity? British Age? 57 Why is he in the news? UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson (or, as we know him, BoJo) has been in…
Aung San Suu Kyi Name? Aung San Suu Kyi Westphalian identity? Burmese Age? 76 Why is she in the news? After being detained for over 8 months, Ms. Suu Kyi…
Dairo Antonio ‘Otoniel’ Úsuga David Name? Dairo Antonio ‘Otoniel’ Úsuga David Westphalian identity? Colombian Age? 50 Why is he in the news? Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, aka Otoniel, aka the…
Abdalla Hamdok Name? Abdalla Hamdok Westphalian identity? Sudanese Age? 65 Why is he in the news? A few weeks ago, we noted, officials of the Sudanese government foiled a coup…
Natalia Gavrilița Name? Natalia Gavrilița Westphalian identity? Moldovan Age? 44 Why is she in the news? Moldova declared a state of emergency as Prime Minister Gavrilița said pressure levels in…
Name? Xi Jinping Westphalian identity? Chinese Age? 68 Why is he in the news? A few weeks ago we celebrated President Xi for his climate leadership, but we may have…
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Name? Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Westphalian identity? Turkish Age? 67 Why is he in the news? Turkish President Erdoǧan has embarked on his four-day journey to Africa, first…
Mateusz Morawiecki Name? Mateusz Morawiecki Westphalian identity? Polish Age? 53 Why is he in the news? Polish Prime Minister (PM) Mateusz Morawiecki was probed in front of the EU parliament…
Alex Saab Name? Alex Saab Westphalian identity? Colombian & Venezuelan (allegedly naturalised) Age? 49 Why is he in the news? Alex Saab, top frontman of Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela,…