Europe is not in decline. It is tired. This is not the same thing: decline is a fate; fatigue is a state. Medicine distinguishes between two forms of fatigue: Physical fatigue, which results from the depletion of energy reserves: mitochondria…
There are truths that history takes centuries to recognize. This is one of them: health and education are not two separate public policies, nor are they two distinct private commercial activities; they are two sides of the same reality: a…
Most countries only allow hazardous industrial facilities on their territory under three conditions: that extreme safety measures be taken, as has been the case in Europe since 1986 with “Seveso” factories—named after a terrible disaster in Italy six years earlier;…
In France, the season of political platforms has begun. We can rejoice in this. We have seen too many presidential election campaigns with platforms cobbled together in the final weeks, and presidents elected without any idea of what they should…
Somewhere on the front lines of the Russian-Ukrainian war, in the spring of 2026, swarms of autonomous drones, piloted by onboard AI, neutralized several Russian infantry units without a single Ukrainian soldier risking his life. This is part of a…
Two Americans are facing off on the world stage. One leads the most powerful empire on the planet. The other leads the West’s oldest moral institution. The first thinks he is God. The second tells him that God, today, does…
What is at stake in the war in Iran, with the catastrophic consequences looming (even if we can now hope for a respite), should remind us of a truth that has been swept under the rug for far too long….
In the 21st century, power no longer resides solely in territory, capital or technology. It now resides in a rarer, more intimate and infinitely contested resource: human attention. Attention is not simply a psychological disposition; it is a biological function….
There are some simple rules that history keeps repeating, without us ever really listening to them. Among them: never attack without being prepared for the worst. We live in a world where the balance of power is no longer where…
