Zbiegniew Brzezinski is one of the great American strategists of the Cold War. His magnum opus, The Grand Chessboard. America and the Rest of the World, sheds light on American foreign policy towards Russia and Asia even today.
BREVE INSOLITE | Après le retrait du droit à l’avortement de la Constitution américaine en juin dernier, le procureur général du Texas avait émis la volonté de rétablir une loi de son Etat interdisant la sodomie, si la Cour suprême le permet. Que doit-on comprendre au juste?
In 1962, Phil Knight, a former Mile specialist, dreamed of developing a shoe prototype that would enable him to run faster and better. He discovered two things. The first was that, at the time, the market leaders were all manufactured in Japan. The second was that his former trainer Bill Bowerman - well known in Oregon - shared the same dream. So, when Knight teamed up with Bowerman and managed to convince a major Japanese brand to resell a piece from their collection in the USA, the beginnings of a crazy story were set in motion. At the time, Nike had yet to be born, but the running shoe industry was about to undergo a major upheaval.
The fateful moment is approaching. Never before has the People's Republic of China (PRC) been so ready to undertake its historic mission: to complete the reunification of China and wash away the affronts of a century of humiliation. Beijing has long been preparing for this, as have Taipei and Washington. While all options are on the table, there is no guarantee that this operation will be the prelude to a new confrontation between the great powers. Here are three main scenarios, and the issues that underlie them.
American politics, errors and freedoms
What is the role of the media?
Netflix imagines the coming of the Messiah
Vincent Heidelberg, whom nobody knows by that name and whom we'll refer to by his Twitter handle «Vicnet» (@AstroVicnet), has made a name for himself on YouTube thanks to his talents as a science popularizer, creating the «Stardust» channel. At the time of writing, the channel had 221,048 subscribers. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's first steps on the Moon, we meet this videographer and parachutist who is captivated by space and airplanes.
«A »microroman" with a full-bodied flavor of teen movies and Voltairean irony, Pop-corn girl is a pleasant, funny read about the (mis)adventures of a young Genevan exchange student in a Chicago suburb. A mocking ode that appeals to our adolescent fantasies, revisited through a slightly cynical adult prism. And with a hammer blow, it shatters our illusions as well as those of the protagonist, which turns out to be very sympathetic.
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