by Johann Aeschlimann | Feb 10, 2024 | America
Great sporting events should not be watched live. Tickets are unavailable or too pricey, and from a stadium seat you see nothing anyway. The way to watch is in a bar. There, you have the best of all worlds: perfect view on the action, food and beverage at hand,...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Feb 8, 2024 | United Nations
Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Nordkorea, Sahel: The UN Security Council is at loggerheads, and for a member like Switzerland there is not a lot of space to get anything moving. Richard Gowan, the UN expert of International Crisis Group in New York has no hope that in 2024...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jan 26, 2024 | America
Presidential candidate Donald Trump does not do retail politics. No glad-handing,no baby-kissing, no phony folksiness at the diner counter, no TV debates. His events are High Masses of the MAGA movement. It is worth one’s while to listen closely, *** In his...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Nov 13, 2023 | letters
We of the teutonic persuasion speak of a “Demonstration” when we mean a march. A “Demonstration” is a political gathering in a public place, not necessarily a march, but always a statement, mostly in protest. A “Demonstration” is...
by Johann Aeschlimann | May 20, 2023 | United Nations
This month of May, Switzerland holds the presidency of the UN Security Council. I am spending time trying to follow the goings-on in New York, observing and asking questions to people in the know. I had the chance to talk to Richard Gowan of the International Crisis...