Section: Policy
Geneva, capital of hygiene

Geneva, capital of hygiene

Last autumn, Geneva's Grand Council supported a motion banning smoking on terraces during mealtimes. Yet another absurd measure in a canton that confuses public health with the guardianship of individuals.
Diving into American neoreaction

Diving into American neoreaction

In the shadow of Trumpism, an ideological nebula combining rejection of democracy and technological fascination is gaining visibility. In Les Lumières sombres, political scientist Arnaud Miranda deciphers this neo-reaction, still hazy but already influential.
Girard and Yarvin: two thinkers of Trumpian populism

Girard and Yarvin: two thinkers of Trumpian populism

One reveals how societies unite by naming culprits. The other wants to put an end to violence through power without checks and balances. Everything seems to oppose them, but their ideas form an intellectual foundation for Donald Trump and J.D. Vance's conception of the people.
«The nation is the opposite of tribes»

«The nation is the opposite of tribes»

In «Anti-civilization», Etienne-Alexandre Beauregard argues for a conservatism of the common good. Nation, shared culture and the «ordinary man» are, according to the 25-year-old Quebec essayist, the forgotten conditions of liberal democracy.