Activists and radical left-wing figures march in Cuba in the name of anti-imperialism, but turn a blind eye to the reality of a dictatorship that counts over 1,200 political prisoners.
In «L'Afrique contre la démocratie», Senegalese journalist Ousmane Ndiaye dismantles an increasingly widespread narrative: that of a continent supposedly incompatible with democracy. A vigorous investigation of an idea that has become an alibi for the new authoritarianisms.
The United States is going through a period of deep division. As I strolled through the capital, my gaze came to rest on the statue of Albert Gallatin: the life of this Swiss man, forgotten in the country of his birth, offers a valuable lesson for today's America.
Maximum freedom of expression and a ban on alcohol in public spaces. Pornography and prudishness... There's no shortage of paradoxes on the other side of the Atlantic, but not trying to hide them is less hypocritical than believing oneself to be devoid of them. A lesson for Europe.
Traveling through eight American states, four of our media editors explored what the USA and Switzerland, sister republics with cross-fertilizing democratic influences, still have to say to each other at a time of trade war launched by Donald Trump
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.
Although economist Philipp Bagus's «The Milei Era» sometimes lacks critical distance from its subject, this book has the great merit of placing the rise of the Argentine president in the most fundamental aspect of politics: the battle of ideas.
According to David Betz, professor at King's College, the West has crossed a critical threshold: the weakening of political legitimacy, the fragmentation of identities and the loss of social cohesion are all factors in future violent insurrections.
Professor at Pasadena City College in Los Angeles, Edward Feser is a conservative American philosopher. Recently, on his blog, where he regularly comments on current affairs, he was highly critical of Donald Trump's expansionist ambitions.
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