Philosopher Richard David Precht would like to see a more nuanced approach towards parties on the political fringes. He criticises journalists for seeing themselves as the creators of public opinion.
The old continent has become over-regulated and lacking in innovation, says the economist Gabriel Calzada. He is fighting this by founding a new university.
Men are suffering because they don’t know what an ideal masculinity looks like. Once they know, they’ll escape their identity crisis.
A transition to the opposite sex seems increasingly attractive to young men. A personal account of irreversible bodily interventions and their consequences.
The continent had free trade and decentralized institutions for centuries before the colonizers arrived. Now, the revivification of Africa is in the hands of its citizens.
Men and woman are both fundamentally different and compatible. We have lost the distinction between men and women and embraced the idea that freedom is limitless. A shallow culture of unfulfilling relations between the sexes has reduced us to flashy, attention-seeking commodities.
Israel has been involved in more wars than any other country since World War II. At the same time, this armed nation has established itself as a start-up nation. Other countries can learn from its success – but also from its challenges.
The desire for equality has led many on the left to embrace the same toxic tribalism that they condemn on the right. The fight for justice must be grounded in liberal values, not in dividing people into rigid identity groups.
If China imposes a blockade on the island, there will be an escalation of this great conflict, warns historian Niall Ferguson. He advises Switzerland to put its neutrality above its popularity with others.
The conflict between China and the US over Taiwan is not unimportant for Europe. Switzerland ignores this clash of superpowers at its peril.
India rejects the zero-sum bipolar mentality that has come to dominate views on geopolitics. It seeks a non-bloc architecture for globalisation. If the West understands this, both sides can benefit from cooperation.
Hikvision, ByteDance, Huawei: Anyone who uses Chinese products is also spied on. How the internet works in China, how its control concept might come to Europe and what Switzerland can do about it.
Switzerland’s financial regulator arbitrarily changes rules for cryptocurrency exchanges. This not only weakens the industry, but also democratic processes.
The President of the messaging app Signal, Meredith Whittaker, warns about the application of Artificial Intelligence. It’s important not to give big corporations linked to governments a free pass, she says.
Lesen Sie die deutsche Version hier. On June 24, 1859, Henri Dunant, a Swiss businessman from Geneva, was traveling to Italy when he happened upon the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino, part of the wars of Italian independence. Forty thousand wounded, dead, and dying Austrian, French and Italian soldiers
Popular belief claims that the Jewish state owes its existence to Western powers. In fact, the Zionists enjoyed more support from the Left.
