Saturday (May 9th): The Millenial Dictator
Nayib Bukele - President of El Salvador Name? Nayib Bukele Westphalian identity? Salvadorean Age? 38 Why are they in the news? El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has a history of…
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Friday (May 8th): An alliance based on tears and potatoes
Gary Batton Name? Gary Batton Westphalian identity? Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Age? 53 Why is he in the news? As the current chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Batton…
Thursday (May 7th): A new Prime Minister for Iraq
Mustafa al-Kadhimi Name? Mustafa al-Kadhimi Westphalian identity? Iraqi Age? 53 Why is he in the news? Early this morning, al-Kadhimi (a former intelligence chief) was approved by the Iraqi parliament…
Wednesday (May 6th): A War for Interpretational Sovereignty
Mike Pompeo Name? Mike Pompeo Westphalian identity? US American Age? 56 Why is he in the news? He has been very outspoken about Covid-19 and how there is “enormous evidence”…
Tuesday (May 5th): Define failure: Wannabe Rambo Goudreau
Jordan Goudreau Name? Jordan Goudreau Westphalian identity? US American Age? We don’t really know as there is no Wikipedia article about him (yet) but we assume he is anywhere in…
Monday (May 4th): You want the internet to forget something? Good luck with that!
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi -President of Egypt Name? Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Westphalian identity? Egyptian Age? 65 Why is he in the news? Two years ago he imprisoned a young Egyptian filmmaker…
Saturday (May 2nd): The Comeback Kim
(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) Name? Kim Jong-un Westphalian identity? North Korean Age? 36 Why is he in the news? He’s back! The North Korean Supreme Leader went missing for 20 days…
Friday (May 1st): 9th default in Argentina, will they reach la Decima?
Alberto Ángel Fernández Name? Alberto Ángel Fernández Westphalian identity? Argentine Age? 61 Why is he in the news? Fernández (not to be confused with the ex-President and current Vice-President Cristina…
Thursday (April 30th): A good day for Netanyahu
Name? Benjamin Netanyahu Westphalian identity? Israeli Age? 70 Why is he in the news? He is not in the news, there is currently no news in the world of International…
Wednesday (April 29th): Empty Propaganda vs. long term policy making
Vladimir Putin Name? Vladimir Putin Westphalian identity? 67 Age? Russian Why is he in the news? Russia is about to reach 100,000 Corona cases and the public opinion on Putin’s…
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