by Johann Aeschlimann | Sep 11, 2026 | letters
by Johann Aeschlimann | Sep 7, 2026 | letters
Two journalists from Geneva, Philippe Mottaz (very old friend), and Stéphane Bussard (Le Temps) are writing a running commentary on the Trump presidency in the form of a letter exchange. They have invited me to join. I write in English, they translate into French. My...
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...
