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.
What if modernity's Achilles' heel wasn't so much economic or social as demographic? British essayist Louise Perry shows how the declining birth rate in the West could precipitate the end of the model that has shaped two centuries of progress.
Although economist Philipp Bagus's «The Milei Era» sometimes lacks critical distance from its subject, this book has the great merit of placing the rise of the Argentine president in the most fundamental aspect of politics: the battle of ideas.
Surveys are unanimous: the level of basic knowledge among students in Switzerland is plummeting. The PLR, now in charge of the education departments in several French-speaking cantons after a long period of power from the left, is expected to take a stand.
The role of the automobile is the subject of major debate in many cities. Between the challenges of mobility, the environment and quality of life, a number of avenues are emerging for rethinking urban spaces. Interview with urban planner Carlos Moreno.
Although the Swiss e-ID solution approved by the electorate on Sunday is not very centralized and guarantees privacy, it does entail a risk that should be prevented, for example by means of another vote.
In this article, freelance motoring journalist Gil Egger denounces the political obstacles to what he sees as an «instrument of our progress».
The Iran-Israel crisis has revived an old Western temptation: regime change. The illusion of immediate political transformation, however, runs up against the fact that regimes come and go, while peoples, their history and culture remain.
The debate is both legal and political: does approval of the new Swiss-EU agreement package require a simple popular majority, or a double majority of the people and the cantons? Two legal experts compare their arguments.