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.
Accused since Rousseau of sullying the mechanisms of genuine democracy, pressure groups are nonetheless an essential cog in the wheel. Seated among the «intermediary bodies» dear to Tocqueville, they enable opinions to be forged.
THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (4/4). Increasing polarization, defeat of the polls and the Democrats... This series of articles aims to present some lessons to be learned from Donald Trump's new election as head of the United States.
Seniors are a diverse group whose average characteristics are often misunderstood. Describing this category of the population more accurately is all the more urgent given that it now spans almost four decades.
Demographic realities have been largely absent from the political debates on pensions and healthcare costs over the past year. It's time to renew our welfare state on the basis of a coherent, long-term vision.
Young political leaders are regularly perceived as figures of rupture with the «old world». However, it's hard to say whether their promises of renewal are actually realized.
In «The Transformation of Switzerland (1847-1920). Regards de Georges Dommen», Bridget Dommen plunges us into a pivotal period in Swiss history, through the journey of a man at the crossroads of social, economic and technological change.
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