Friday (October 15th): Taliban’s Security Fallout
Zabiullah-Mujahid Name? Zabiullah Mujahid Westphalian identity? Afghan Age? 43 Why is he in the news? He is really only a representative of the situation in Afghanistan as he is the…
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Zabiullah-Mujahid Name? Zabiullah Mujahid Westphalian identity? Afghan Age? 43 Why is he in the news? He is really only a representative of the situation in Afghanistan as he is the…
Name? Tarek Bitar Westphalian identity? Lebanese Age? 47 Why is he in the news? Tarek Bitar is the second judge investigating those responsible for the Beirut blast of 2020 and…
Win Myint Name? Win Myint Westphalian identity? Burmese Age? 69 Why is he in the news? Win Myint, Myanmar’s ex-civilian President, began his testimony yesterday of how the Feb. 1st…
Emmanuel Macron Name? Emmanuel Macron Westphalian identity? French Age? 43 Why is he in the news? French President Emmanuel Macron recently held a summit for African youth in France. At…
Pedro Castillo Name? Pedro Castillo Westphalian identity? Peruvian Age? 51 Why is he in the news? President Pedro Castillo fired Guido Bellido as Prime Minister of Perú last week along…
Frances Haugen Name? Frances Haugen Westphalian identity? United States American Age? 37 Why is she in the news? During her three hour testimony for a Senate subcommittee, Haugen discussed in…
Abiy Ahmed Name? Abiy Ahmed Westphalian identity? Ethiopian Age? 45 Why is he in the news? Recently, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed brought the country to the polls in his first…
Vladimir Putin Name? Vladimir Putin Westphalian identity? Russian Age? 68 Why is he in the news? European costs of electricity are going up by 30% or more and consumers are…
Fumio Kishida Name? Fumio Kishida Westphalian identity? Japanese Age? 64 Why is he in the news? Mr. Kishida has succeeded Mr. Suga as Japan’s latest Prime Minister as Suga has…
Imran Khan Name? Imran Khan Westphalian identity? Pakistani Age? 68 Why is he in the news? Yesterday, an international network of journalists published their findings of the Pandora Papers, the…