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…
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…
The rise of violence, the concentration of wealth and power, climate degradation and advances in artificial intelligence are all acknowledged to be among tomorrow’s most important challenges. But there is at least one other, which is all too often overlooked,…
A fire has been smoldering for some time in a luxury apartment block; the building’s managing agent knows about it; so do the tenants and owners; they sometimes talk about it, vaguely, at their meetings, without ever deciding to take…
Summer 2024 has seen a lot of good surprises: fabulous discoveries, especially therapeutic ones, all too often unnoticed; a woman in the position, for the first time, to be elected president of the United States; flamboyant and serene Olympic Games;…
