Dare to hope
Pessimism is intellectually chic. Optimism is never regarded as realistic. Optimism is always regarded as naïve but today, too bad for me, I will be optimistic – optimistic but not blind nor naïve.
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A misleading setback of populists
They are running out of steam. Of course, one should not count their chickens before they are hatched, but the fact is that from Washington to Budapest via Warsaw, the nationalist and authoritarian regimes, the so-called “populist” regimes, no longer have the wind at their backs.
Read MoreDear Mr. President,
I am going too fast, I know. With two weeks to go before the election, there is no guarantee that you will win, but if I say “Mr. President,” it is not just because I strongly wish for your victory.
Read MoreIn Minsk, a dialogue is underway
This is the beginning of a new phase. It happened in Minsk on Saturday, when the Belarusian president went to the prison of his secret services to meet with opposition figures held there for weeks or months, but question: how to interpret this scene?
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The weekend of the great changeover
This is a weekend that could go down in History. An innovative historian could, one day, decide to date this first weekend of October 2020 as the moment when Europe woke up while the United States began its decline, and he could make his case arguing that it was the time when finally…
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