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…
Even the most fervent optimist can’t deny that Europe, surrounded by predators, isn’t up to the challenge: we work much less than elsewhere, pensioners are treated better than working people, few new businesses are springing up, innovators are leaving, foreign…
Brands say everything about the world, and their history is that of the nations whose values they embody. We love a brand because it represents the best of a country or culture, because we want to stand out, and because…
When studying the evolution of societies, historians, economists, sociologists, political scientists and geopoliticians too often reason as if all human decisions were taken on the basis of explicit interests, such as profit, ambition, honor or a taste for power. They…
There are times, in both public and private life, when people let themselves slide towards the abyss. Not because they want to, but because they’ve stopped wanting anything else; out of weariness, out of resignation, out of that mixture of…
In a great many countries, the rejection of foreigners has reached such levels that it has become one of the main electoral issues. Everywhere, foreigners are criticized for doing nothing to integrate, for not learning the language of the host…
Alongside the countless pieces of bad news that have been piling up for power in France since the President’s re-election in 2022, compounded by the calamitous dissolution of 2024, there may finally be one piece of good news today: the…
The situation in France and many other democratic countries is much more than a political crisis. It’s a crisis of meaning: common sense has disappeared. When you look at events around the world, you get the impression that what’s most…
