by Johann Aeschlimann | Aug 27, 2026 | America
In the past ten years there was a lot of talk about the „green new deal“, meaning the transitioning from a fossil-based to a carbon-free economy, and President Joe Biden was able to get congressional approval for a slimmed-down version. This is history. The „green new...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 21, 2026 | America
The second half of Switzerland’s chairpersonship of OSCE, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, has begun. OSCE expert Walter Kemp, a Canadian based in Vienna, assesses the state of play. He does not exclude that the prospect of a military...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 18, 2026 | articles
Football – the world sport, not the American exception – and politics go forever together: Switzerland’s victory against Grossdeutschland on Jun 9, 1938, rang a bell of resistance. Germany’s World Cup championship on July 4, 1954, was the spiritual birth of the...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 17, 2026 | articles
In some areas, diplomacy is sidelined because the big powers are at loggerheads. Others fade away because no one is interested any longer. One of these cases is the situation of human rights and the extreme discrimination of women in Afghanistan – a «cooperating...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 6, 2026 | Swiss, United Nations
In some areas, diplomacy is sidelined because the big powers are at loggerheads. Others fade away because no one is interested any longer. One of these cases is the situation of human rights and the extreme discrimination of women in Afghanistan – a «cooperating...
