Six months after the historical succession of Brother Unclepear to the helm of Bruuma, the first change in the cabinet made public has been unveiled. Anatoly McFaul, up to now Ambassador to Huawan, has been nominated the new Minister of Foreign Affairs in place of Sergej Hunt, who has been reassigned as Ambassador to the Frost Empire.

Analysts were well expecting the new leader to reshuffle the deck of ministers, and there may have been other changes, since not all positions are so exposed to the international eye. The reasons for the demotion, as it has been widely interpreted, of Hunt may lay in its failure to negotiate favourable concessions for Bruuma in the Serevan and Reizen theatres, or/and the inability to secure strong alliances outside the socialist countries. The choice of McFaul, relatively young and attached to the Peony’s court, may instead signal a will to shift the regime’s foreign policy toward a more pragmatic approach.

McFaul will be succeeded in his role in Huawan by Rosa Farrell, a diplomat of senior experience with a legal background.