Sciences

How do you keep up with AI?

By Pascal Couchepin · April 30, 2026

In his column, former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin shares a piece of reading that has left a lasting impression on him. This month, he explores artificial intelligence through Marcel Salathé's essay.

History

An introduction to the complexity of American roots

By Pascal Couchepin · 02 April 2026

In his column, former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin shares a book that has left a lasting impression on him. This month, he explores the origins of the United States through Percival Everett's «James».

Philosophy

Read Michel de Montaigne, for our balance 

By Pascal Couchepin · 20 February 2026

In his column, former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin shares a book that has made a lasting impression on him. This month, he discusses Montagne's «Essais», still invaluable today.

Literature

«Fake news» from the Second Empire

By Pascal Couchepin · 08 January 2026

In his column, former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin shares a piece of reading that has left a lasting impression on him. This month, he looks at misinformation through the prism of Anatole France's novel «Le Comte Morin, député».

Literature

«Où s’adosse le ciel»

By Pascal Couchepin · 20 November 2025

In his column, former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin shares a book that has made a lasting impression on him. This month, he comments on the latest...

World

«America's Suicide, what's next?

By Pascal Couchepin · 01 November 2025

In the light of François Heisbourg's hard-hitting essay, former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin ponders the future of the United States and of a world deprived of its tutelary power.

History

The Council of Nicaea, a unique case

By Pascal Couchepin · September 27, 2025

The Council of Nicaea, to which a book has just been dedicated, deserves our full attention, so rare is it that decisions taken by an assembly 1700 years ago are still binding today.

History

Galba, Caesar and the memory of Octodurus

By Pascal Couchepin · August 28, 2025

In his column, the former Federal Councillor shares a book that has made a lasting impression on him. This month, he comments on the comic strip «I, Julius Caesar».

Policy

Pascal Couchepin has read «J. D. Vance and the Catholic post-liberals»

By Pascal Couchepin · 03 July 2025

In his column, the former Federal Councillor shares a piece of reading that has made a lasting impression on him. This month, he comments on an article in a Jesuit magazine...