DOSSIER «FIN DU MONDE» | The Taiwan Strait crisis and Kim Jong-un's threats are rekindling tensions between the East Asian powers. With them come fears of nuclear escalation. The atomic bomb is an asset for negotiation, but without room for diplomatic dialogue, it becomes a scarecrow.
BRIEF INSOLIT | After the removal of abortion rights from the U.S. Constitution last June, the Texas Attorney General expressed his willingness to reinstate a state law banning sodomy, if the Supreme Court allowed it. What exactly does this mean?
AVS 21, a fair and necessary reform or a junk measure? Our editor-in-chief Jonas Follonier and deputy editor-in-chief Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard give their differing opinions on the pension reform to be put to the vote on September 25.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II was a blow to me. Old age? It could be. A page is...
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.
In Switzerland, France, and indeed all over Western Europe and the USA, with nuances by country, the left no longer resembles itself. The story of a major electoral shift.
A seemingly simple but explosive story. Cantonal delegates of the Young Swiss People's Party (Jeunes UDC suisses) were allegedly turned away from a bar because of their political color, «Le Regard Libre» has learned. The group's president and vice-president react.
FEATURE: «DID YOU SAY EUROPE?», Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard | He is a major intellectual figure of the 20th century—a Swiss, no less—yet one we hear very little about. Lack of interest is undoubtedly a major factor, since Denis de Rougemont’s entire body of work has been available for free online since 2020, thanks to the efforts of several researchers at the University of Geneva. This prolific writer devoted a large part of his work to Europe, which he saw as caught between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. In his 1970 *Open Letter to Europeans*—a plea for European cultural identity—the Geneva-based writer advocates for the idea of full federalism, grounded in a regionalism opposed to all forms of modern nationalism. His reflections on European unity are more relevant than ever. Here is a brief overview.
The relationship between Switzerland and the European Union has never been worse. On that, our two debaters agree. But beyond that, their views are diametrically opposed. Félicien Monnier, a self-styled conservative and sovereignist, is a lawyer and has been President of the Ligue vaudoise since last year. Julien Rilliet, a member of the Socialist Party and the Mouvement européen suisse (NOMES), runs his own political consulting firm. Here are our ten questions to these two young observers of the French-speaking world, who are interested in the fate of Switzerland and the continent.
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