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...
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...
