Ten years after the bankruptcy of the global financial services firm, Lehman Brothers, which was a key event that marked the beginning of the financial crisis, the question remains whether the world has learned the lessons of the financial crisis?…
Be reassured that I have never considered being a candidate for any ministerial position and I only wish to make good use of the departure of a minister by discussing a much more serious problem: Once again the issues are…
After much progress in the 1990s, marked by the collapse of the Soviet bloc and the evolution of Latin America, democracy now seems to be in decline. There were also, however, new advances that occurred recently. More precisely, in Morocco,…
In order for the death of the 44 people who lost their lives last week when the Morandi viaduct in Genoa collapsed to not be in vain, we should at least draw the following ten conclusions, in Italy and elsewhere….
It is a game that we played often in the evenings with family or friends, during my childhood. It consisted of, once we were all neatly lined up around the table, that each one of us started a sentence, and…
The death of Arsène Tchakarian on Saturday, August 4, at the age of 101, provides an opportunity to reflect on what remains today of the ideals of the Resistance and the fights led by these admirable women and men. Tchakarian…
In a world that is increasingly fascinating and dangerous, whereby the most beautiful promises coexist with the worst threats; during this summer time, while a pause that is infinitely brief settles before the endless streams of fake news, shoddy scandals,…
Take a child’s balloon, one of those balloons that can still be found at the fair or at the carousels there. A round, oval, or animal-shaped balloon. It is beautiful, it is gleaming. Yet a pin is enough to make…
When talents are equal, the world champion is the one who has had, during all games of the final round, and especially the last game, not only the most luck, but also the most mental strength and the ability to…
