With its hostile territory, Switzerland had to find another recipe for success. So it developed a counter-model. In his essay L'identité suisse au défi, former diplomat Paul Widmer looks at the ingredients of Swiss success, the better to perpetuate it.
At a time of geopolitical turbulence, interventionism may be desirable, provided that political power is capable of reversing course afterwards. However, nothing is less certain for a country like France, which is already over-indebted.
In this brand-new column, journalist Marianne Grosjean sends a monthly message to our readers.
Born in Turkey, this expression spread to the United States and the rest of the world in just a few years. Frequently used by conspiracy theorists, it has now spread beyond these circles to other uses. How can we explain such an echo?
Major entrepreneurs played a direct role in building the federal state born in 1848. These economic figures subsequently became rarer, often giving way to the leaders of employers' associations. An evolution that has left its mark.
Alors que l’Union européenne traverse une période de doutes, ses relations avec la Suisse, longtemps enlisées, font l’objet d’un débat avec l’annonce en décembre de l’aboutissement de négociations. Entretien avec René Schwok, expert en questions européennes.
Drawing on Vaclav Smil, Pascal Couchepin advocates an approach to ecological challenges based on facts rather than rhetoric. Every month, the former Federal Councillor shares a piece of reading that has caught his attention.
The European Union is the scene of a major political confrontation between sovereigntists and advocates of a form of international governance. A situation which raises the central and delicate question of sovereignty in the age of globalization.
The victories of Trump and Milei place the European right at an ideological crossroads. Precisely in order to avoid falling behind, especially economically, the Old Continent urgently needs to draw on its own intellectual heritage.
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