Alassane Ouattara’s Heat level: A Hot end to the CFA Franc
+ Ouattara’s heat level is hot from negotiating the end of the CFA Franc. + Eco, the new currency, will accelerate regional integration. + Ouattara’s actions challenge the region’s leading…
Al-Sarraj’s heat level: A Hot comeback
+ Fayez al-Sarraj shelled Khalifa Haftar’s al-Watiya airbase. + This is amongst the many military defeats Haftar has faced lately. + The war is predominantly dictated by international actors. Fayez al-Sarraj…
Bolsonaro’s Heat Level: Chilling denial threatens to freeze over the administration
+ Bolsonaro’s heat level freezes as he refuses to fight the Coronavirus. + Citizens of Brazil are outraged by Bolsonaro’s response and are protesting. + Bolsonaro is trying to use…
Xi Jinping’s Heat Level: Hot Arrests in Hong Kong
+ Fifteen pro-democracy activists have been arrested in Hong Kong. + Xi Jinping has used the detentions as reprisal for insubordination. + The pandemic allows Xi Jinping to take what…
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s Heat Level: A hot Prime Minister-designate nomination
+ Al-Kadhimi is nominated as the 3rd candidate for Iraq’s PM position. + Iraq's power vacuum exacerbates the ongoing economic crisis. + Al-Kadhimi represents everything protesters have fought against. Source:…
Erdogan’s Heat Level: Blazing along with COVID-19.
+Erdogan lost a great deal of his power during the 2019 local elections. +He is using the COVID-19 as an excuse to regain that control. +The 2023 elections seem like…
Trump’s Heat Level: Hot off an impeachment acquittal & blazing towards reelection
+ The impeachment hot seat gave Trump increased political & presidential power! + Trump’s blazing command of the Republican Party raises his temperature! + Reelection is growing increasingly likely for…
Kagame’s heat level: His control and confidence are blazing through his opposition
Rwanda finds its president’s confidence hot and his opposition cold. His failures are the cabinets fault and their success is only due to him. He is bound to stay until…
Ardern’s Heat Level: Running Hot, Aware of the Ides of March
+ Jacinda Ardern enforced strict border laws in light of COVID-19. + With New Zealand recording just 6 cases, Ardern was uniquely proactive. + The decision typifies her will to…
Women Politicians’ Heat Level: Blazing patriarchal values of violence little by little
Women politicians are slowly but blazingly promoting peaceful policies. Female heads of government have been an outlier to peaceful trends. Fighting patriarchal values can make a change in foreign policymaking.…