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World

David Betz: «Civil war is inevitable in the long term».»

written by Olivier Moos

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.

Cinema

The agony of the American soul

By Jocelyn Daloz · 07 May 2024

«Civil War», a dystopian tale of a modern-day Civil War, was billed as an analysis of contemporary fractures in the United States. But its message goes far beyond the political and media brouhaha and American obsessions of the moment.

Literature

It's for their own good

By Diana-Alice Ramsauer · 21 February 2024

What does it mean to want the «good» of a child at a time of political crisis and loss of ideological bearings? This is one of the underlying questions posed in Nicolas Verdan's new thriller. A thematic journey through the influence of propaganda networks over time.

World

Ethiopia: from promises of prosperity to civil war

By Clément Guntern · 06 November 2021

Considered by some as the «China of Africa» in the 2000s and 2010s, Ethiopia looked set to enjoy a new prosperity as it opened up to the world, a far cry from the famines and wars of the past century. How could such promises have been lost, and Ethiopia plunged into civil war?