On February 28, 2022, Switzerland surprised everyone by deciding to apply the European sanctions against Russia. This de facto renunciation of a certain neutrality led to a crisis in political discourse, particularly at the highest level. Analysis.
Neutrality has never been subject to a corseted definition. Its entire history demonstrates this. It depends on the goodwill of the other powers, and only makes sense if it is understood in the context of the moment.
Published six years apart, Tom Clancy's anticipation novel «Red Storm» and Francis Fukuyama's essay «The End of History and the Last Man» offer a striking contrast: the fear of a world war is followed by euphoria at the victory of democracies. In his own way, Fukuyama also tells the story of an unfulfilled future.
Many of those whose existence today consists of tracking down and fighting «wokism» everywhere tend to equate it with Marxism. A simplistic and somewhat haphazard association, far from unanimous.
The Liber-thé media recently invited me to take part in a video interview on the subject of wokism and how it can be criticized from a classical liberal point of view. The Ligue vaudoise also invited me to speak on the subject on a Wednesday in March. Here's what I had to say.
Peu de gens avaient anticipé le déclenchement de la guerre en Ukraine, en partie parce qu’elle présente des caractéristiques qui évoquent une guerre qui aurait dû se produire il y a quarante ans. Le roman «Tempête rouge» paru en 1986 se révèle justement visionnaire.
Southeast Asia now lives in the shadow of China and under American pressure. Is there an alternative for the region's governments in this battle of giants?
Everyone dreams of a school free of political influence. But isn't that just wishful thinking? History reminds us that it is through schools that the future of a society is at stake. In Switzerland, it was even through politics that peace was achieved.
Le 22 novembre, l’Iran déclarait avoir atteint un palier sans précédent dans l’enrichissement d’uranium, un pas essentiel vers l’obtention de la bombe atomique. Si l’annonce a peu défrayé la chronique, elle n’est pas sans répercussions sur la géopolitique mondiale.
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