Kaja Kallas — Estonian Dynasty and the Russia Hawk
Kaja Kallas has two first-woman entries in the dataset. She was Prime Minister of Estonia from 26 January 2021 to 23 July 2024, the first woman to hold the office, and has been EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy since 1 December 2024, also the first woman.
The episode covers her formation in Estonia — her father Siim Kallas's political career from Soviet-era Communist Party official to post-independence reformer to European Commissioner for Transport — and the trajectory by which she became first the leader of Estonia's Reform Party and then the EU's foreign-policy lead during a period of acute Russia-related tension.
