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…
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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…
Ashraf Ghani Name? Ashraf Ghani Westphalian Identity? Afghan Age? 70 Why is he in the news? After months of delayed results, Ghani has been declared the (reelected) President of Afghanistan.…
Michael Bloomberg Name? Michael Bloomberg Westphalian identity? American Age? 78 years old Why is he in the news? The latest candidate to join the race for the Democratic position against…
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…
Wolfgang Ischinger Name? Wolfgang Ischinger Westphalian identity? Herman Age? 73 Why is he in the news? Well he is not, but he should be. He is very influential this week,…
Thae Yong-Ho Name? Thae Yong-Ho Westphalian identity? North Korean (?) Age? 57 Why is he in the news? Thae has announced his decision to run in the South Korean Election…
Sergey Lavrov Name? Sergey Lavrov Westphalian identity? Russian Age? 69 Why is he in the news? The Russian Foreign Minister is proposing an updated Sotschi Agreement to Turkey and Syria…
Arvind Kejriwal Name? Arvind Kejriwal Westphalian identity? Indian Age? 51 Why is he in the news? Wins big in the New Delhi State elections for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…
Arlene Foster Name? Arlene Foster Westphalian identity? Northern Irish, even though she would probably prefer “British”. Age? 49 Why is she in the news? Because Mary Lou McDonald is in…
Li Wenliang Name? Li Wenliang Westphalian identity? Chinese Age? 34 Why is he in the news? As the first doctor to (attempt to) warn others of the possibility of a…