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.
Mevlut Cavusoglu Name? Mevlut Cavusoglu Westphalian identity? Turkish Age? 52 Why is he in the news? Cavusoglu, as Turkish foreign minister, dismissed Egypt’s proposal for a ceasefire in Libya as…
Lee Min-bok Name? Lee Min-bok Westphalian identity? North Korean Age? 63 Why is he in the news? Because of him, Kim Jong-un decided to cut all communication channels to South…
Avdullah Hoti Name? Avdullah Hoti Westphalian identity? 44 Age? Kosovar Why is he in the news? Five days ago, the KosovanParliament voted for Hoti as the country’s new Prime Minister.…
Miles Sampa Name? Miles Sampa Westphalian identity? Zambian Age? 49 Why is he in the news? Several weeks ago it was discovered in Lusaka, Zambia that three Zambian men entered…
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Name? Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Westphalian identity? Qatari Age? 40 Why is he in the news? Today marks 3 years since Saudi Arabia, Egypt,…
Rodrigo Duterte Name? Rodrigo Duterte Westphalian identity? Filipino Age? 75 Why is he in the news? The Filipino president has decided not to terminate a key military pact with the…
Boris Johnson Name? Boris Johnson Westphalian identity? British Age? 55 Why is he in the news? The U.K. Prime Minister announced today that either 350,000 or 3 million overseas British…
Anwar Ibrahim Name? Anwar Ibrahim Westphalian identity? Malaysian Age? 72 Why is he in the news? “As we guard our borders, we cannot let people die!” Ibrahim; most likely the…
Donald Trump Name? Donald Trump Westphalian identity? United States American Name? Donald Trump Westphalian identity? United States American Age? 73 Why is he in the news? We really wanted to…
Dominic Cummings Name? Dominic Cummings Westphalian identity? British Age? 48 Why is he in the news? Cummings has been the major news this week in U.K. domestic politics because of…