While Switzerland borrowed its federalist system from the USA, the growth of direct democracy across the Atlantic was stimulated by the Swiss model. This is the story of the common destiny of these two countries, which was not only played out in their capitals.
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
American tariffs symbolize the resurgence of mercantilism. Imperial withdrawal, scarcity of resources, militarized trade: with the end of free trade, the global economy is reverting to its old reflexes. A zero-sum game in which all lose, except those who dictate the rules.
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.
«La solitude, ça n'existe pas», sang Gilbert Bécaud ironically a few millennia ago, and each of his intonations underlined just how much it exists. It's true for humans, animals and even trees. Photos taken in France.
Carl Jung would have said: people don't have ideas, ideas possess them. The assassin who killed Charlie Kirk on an American campus last month, because he didn't share the same ideas, confirmed that the West's problem is spiritual.
It's no surprise that literary critics devour tons of books. However, in this chronicle, the one who devours the object of his work is not him, but a modest, intrepid employee of a car junkyard.
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.
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...
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