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...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jan 10, 2023 | letters
All the best to you for 2023! Health! Atonement! Contentedness! Hygge ! Lagom ! Satisfaction in the pursuit of happiness ! We have a war in Europe and inflation in full swing. The former is a catastrophy for Ukraine and all soldiers who fight, the latter a kick in the...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Nov 17, 2022 | America
15 Nov 2022. One week after the elections, I am in the plane back from the US to Europe. Time to kill, time to reflect: What’s the upshot? What was learned? Anything to keep in mind? It’s not that the event went unnoticed. The public reckoning is all-encompassing, the...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Nov 17, 2022 | America
3 Nov 2022 A majority of Americans consider their democracy «in danger», «under threat» or «in danger of collapse», but they don’t agree why that is. Republicans demonize Democrats, Democrats demonize Republicans. One remedy (this side of the armed insurrection) is...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 4, 2022 | letters
Berlin, 27 Jun 2022. Dear J, my lines are coming late, but they are coming. I am truly pleased that you read my post about the Ukraine war, and even more that you found acceptable reasoning in my 25 cents of assessment. The exception is what I had to say about...
