Neutrality has never been subject to a corseted definition. Its entire history demonstrates this. It depends on the goodwill of the other powers, and only makes sense if it is understood in the context of the moment.
Published six years apart, Tom Clancy's anticipation novel «Red Storm» and Francis Fukuyama's essay «The End of History and the Last Man» offer a striking contrast: the fear of a world war is followed by euphoria at the victory of democracies. In his own way, Fukuyama also tells the story of an unfulfilled future.
Professor of History at the University of Geneva, Irène Hermann specializes in Swiss neutrality. Although neutrality is under particular scrutiny today, it has never been unambiguous for the historian, who demystifies it in the light of the past. Interview.
While wokism is evident in academic and artistic circles, it is also permeable to the world of politics. In the front line: the European institutions. We take the temperature.
Few people anticipated the outbreak of war in the Ukraine, partly because it has characteristics that evoke a war that should have happened forty years ago. The novel «Tempête rouge» (Red Storm), published in 1986, proved to be just such a visionary work.
After two days of extraordinary session, Parliament has issued a symbolic rejection of the Federal Council's rescue plan for Crédit Suisse. This decision has no direct impact, but it does reveal certain issues, as pointed out by the press on Thursday.
Six environmental activists blocked the freeway in the canton of Uri on Good Friday. Altercations, traffic jams and police intervention - this is «non-violent» mobilization, when so many legal and effective tools exist, particularly in Switzerland.
A well-known Geneva writer and politician, Jean Romain was for many years a teacher, notably of philosophy. In 2001, he wrote «Lettre ouverte à ceux qui croient encore en l'école» (Open letter to those who still believe in school), and today shares his vision of an institution he knows well.
Schools are the focus of much debate. Vincent Peillon, Minister of National Education from 2012 to 2014 under President François Hollande, details his vision for this important institution of the Republic - a vision that has been the subject of fierce criticism.
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