It’s all the rage these days to want to pigeonhole each and every one of us. And to force us to hate and deny the other. For example, we have to choose between defending French identity or European construction; between…
There are three kinds of elite. Those who move society forward. Those who lead it. Those who distract. The first are those of science, philosophy, literature, art, creative daring, fighting for values, for ethics, for life. The second is money…
The next US administration will have a huge impact on the global economy; and everyone is busy analyzing the differences between the Republican and Democratic programs, and their global consequences. In fact, the expected impact of these elections is not…
If ever there was a time when the absence of a political Europe was particularly cruel and dangerous, it’s now: On the one hand, the United States is about to have a new president for four years; whatever the voters’…
There aren’t many laws in political science. Very few studies and analyses can explain why a particular social group, town or village votes the way it does. There are so many parameters that even the most seasoned political scientists give…
A global reading of history has been going on for a long time throughout the world; it is growing every day; it presents itself as a global explanation of all the problems of today and makes the West, the one…
There are developments that we refuse to see, because they seem so crazy that we do not pay attention to all the signs that announce them. And when they happen, one is surprised, admired or shouted out. Then it’s too…
In theory, the stakes for public entities (states or municipalities) and companies are very different: public entities are tied to the territories that define them, whereas companies are almost all potentially nomadic. Some serve inhabitants; others serve customers. Nations and…
The European economy is apparently still in good shape: its balance of payments is in surplus; it receives over 500 billion euros in foreign investment every year; the countries of the European Union concentrate almost a quarter of the world’s…
