Friday (Feb. 28): Turkey and Syria: At the brink of war?
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Name? Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Westphalian Identity? Turkish Age? 66 Why is he in the news? Erdoğan is on fire after the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in…
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Thursday (Feb. 27): The anti-Greta
Naomi Seibt Name? Naomi Seibt Westphalian Identity? German Age? 19 Why is she in the news? This past week, Naomi was invited to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference…
Wednesday (Feb. 26): Covid19 closer than ever before
Accurate representation of the average IE student Name? IE University Student Westphalian Identity? Citizen of the World Age? Anywhere between 17-25 Why is he in the news? There has been…
Tuesday (Feb. 25): Resignation of Malaysian PM (kinda…)
Mahathir Mohamad Name? Mahathir Mohamad Westphalian Identity? Malaysian Age? 94 Why is he in the news? After a weekend of political wrangling in Kuala Lumpur, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced…
Monday (Feb. 24): Global Warming next door
Maristela Clediane Uapa Arara (middle) Source: BBC Name? Maristela Clediane Uapa Arara Westphalian identity? Brazilian (but self-identifies as Arara-Karo) Age? 14 Why is she in the news? The BBC interviewed…
Friday (Feb. 21): Iranian Elections for Parliament
Ali Khamenei Name? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Westphalian Identity? Iranian Age? 80 Why is he in the news? He is not really because the media already talked about Iran this year…
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…
Wednesday (Feb. 19): Afghanistan Elections
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.…
Tuesday: (Feb. 18): Mini Micheal becoming big
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…
Monday (Feb. 17th): Democracy further taken apart
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…