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.
The Americans - and to a lesser extent their Western allies - are no strangers to the curious exercise of exporting democracy to non-democratic countries by force of arms. A practice with rather mixed results.
«Just because a state isn't liberal doesn't mean it can't be a democracy». In 2014, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, irritated at receiving lessons in democracy, assumed his «illiberalism». Is this just a publicity stunt?
Ever since the wave that brought Donald Trump to power, particularly since his challenge to the 2016 election result, American democracy seems to be going from bad to worse. Far from content with this, conservatives are ready to go even further.
Le sport, on le sait, est bien plus politique que ses grands acteurs le disent. Une manifestation de mauvaise foi diplomatique portant sur le dossier brûlant Israël-Palestine est passée presque inaperçue à Doha… Voyage au cœur des contradictions de la FIFA.
Rarely has a state lie had such dramatic consequences. In 2003, the Bush administration presented false evidence of Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, before invading the country and getting bogged down in a bloody war.
According to Kant, a lie undermines the foundations of the state, while a deceptive truth is acceptable. Two centuries later, with President Clinton, the same logic still seems to be at work in the Lewinsky affair.
Demandez à n’importe qui s’il est de droite ou de gauche, il saura sans doute vous répondre. Pas sûr néanmoins qu’il puisse motiver pleinement sa réponse. Mais la question en elle-même est-elle pertinente ?
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