International Switzerland’s gold mine of knowledge: an unexploited global asset
Despite the promise, Switzerland is doing relatively little about getting the rest of the world to understand what this incredible community of international...
Last Dance at Oak Flat
The following column by contributing editor, journalist and author Mort Rosenblum is from his regular comment The MortReport.
SUPERIOR,...
American Kompromat: Russia’s attempt to undermine US democracy
There’s no question that the Kremlin played a critical role edging Donald Trump across the finish line in the 2106 election. Virtually...
The case for letting go of humanitarian reform
While there’s consensus that the humanitarian system is under stress, successive waves of reform over the past couple of decades have failed....
The Geneva Film Festival & Censored Chinese History: The Story of Chi Xiaoning and...
Before the 1980s, documentary films in China were mostly propaganda made to serve the ideological purposes of the Communist Party. Views critical...
Steve McCurry (Part II): The complications of photography
Feature Photo: Copyright Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry has earned fame as a
photographer who produced some of the most exquisitely...
Donald Trump is not the only one on trial
In contrast to his previous impeachment, the evidence of Trump’s misdeeds should now be obvious to everyone who has seen it in...
Navalny’s Gambit: Can the imprisoned opposition leader have a role in...
Editor's Note: Alexei Navalny, who returned to Russia from Germany in late January 2021 was jailed for three and a half...
Amanda Gorman: The vital power of youth and words
A Rock, a River, a Tree Hosts of species long departed Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried tokens Of their...
Business as usual: no longer acceptable for young people
For my 20 year-old son, who is studying finance at Edinburgh University, engaging with business investment and social entrepreneurship is what matters....
From Scotland to Uganda, climate catastrophe to female exploitation: these young...
Fancy an hour with seven of the most creative, committed activists on the world scene? For example, an ocean activist, a sustainable...
Internships: My experience with a human rights foundation
I still remember that day about a year ago when the Communication Manager from the Martin Ennals Foundation (MEF) called me to...
The 2020 IB: an institution that betrayed its students
The following article is an entry of the 2020 Youth Writes Story Competition funded by the Jan Michalski Foundation in Switzerland....
Afghanistan: the abandonment of a nation
In autumn 2001, having returned from Afghanistan just prior to the 9 September assassination by Al Qaeda of northern Afghan resistance commander...
‘American Kompromat’ excerpt by Craig Unger
The following is an excerpt from the book 'American Kompromat' by American author and journalist Craig Unger published 26 January, 2021...
American Kompromat: Russia’s attempt to undermine US democracy
There’s no question that the Kremlin played a critical role edging Donald Trump across the finish line in the 2106 election. Virtually...
The Geneva Film Festival & Censored Chinese History: The Story of...
Before the 1980s, documentary films in China were mostly propaganda made to serve the ideological purposes of the Communist Party. Views critical...
Biden faces new epidemic of gun violence in America
According to estimates by the Swiss-based Small Arms Survey in 2017, Americans own some 393 million firearms, or roughly 40 percent of the privately...
After Trump: Facebook targets questionable election tactics in Uganda
Donald Trump is not the only politician in for a rocky ride on the social media roller coaster these days. Earlier this...
International Switzerland’s gold mine of knowledge: an unexploited global asset
Despite the promise, Switzerland is doing relatively little about getting the rest of the world to understand what this incredible community of international...
The 2021 Martin Ennals Award: Yu Wensheng of China
Updated: 1850 Hours. Thursday, 11 February, 2021. The Awards ceremony, including profile videos of the three finalists, can be watched HERE.
Le droit au retour des réfugiés et déplacés palestiniens rend-il impossible...
Le chaud et le froid. La situation au
Moyen-Orient connaîtra-t-elle un nouvel élan après le départ de Donald Trump,
soutien inconditionnel du Premier ministre...
Looking at Davos: the how-to of successful virtual meetings
The coronavirus pandemic has promoted a lot of new thinking as to how one can produce an inciteful and competitive online gathering...
Cent ans de multilatéralisme actif à Genève
EDITION FRANCAISE: L’éditrice Suzanne Hurter déclare dans un message filmé de présentation : « J’ai eu envie de réaliser cet ouvrage, lorsque j’ai appris...
Geneva and Afghanistan: War and peace in the time of COVID-19
For most people around the world, 2020 will be remembered as the year of COVID-19. A period that redefined anxiety, isolation, and...
Steve McCurry (Part II): The complications of photography
Feature Photo: Copyright Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry has earned fame as a
photographer who produced some of the most exquisitely...
Livres coups de cœur: ‘Café Vivre’
L’éloge des cafés
Café Vivre est le beau
titre choisi par la romancière et essayiste
française Chantal Thomas
pour introduire le recueil de...
The long road to the women’s vote in Switzerland
In the Council of States, one of the two
chambers of the Swiss parliament in Bern, one wall is dominated by a fresco...
Digital nomads, Caribbean revolutionaries and making the best of lockdown through...
Growing numbers of British and other European students have opted to travel abroad as digital nomads in lieu of remaining for the...
Focus: Steve McCurry – merging art with photojournalism (Part I)
View podcast by America's Editor William Dowell and Edward Girardet with Steve McCurry. See Link.
As aspiring young...
Understanding the hysteria over Hillbilly Elegy
You're not expecting a masterpiece, given the title, right? But did you anticipate this ordinary ($25m) film from Netflix (See trailer) would...
