The recent Swiss vote on banning minarets has caused more consternation outside of Switzerland than most Swiss would care to admit. While there have been endless debates about the role of direct democracy and the limits of popular sovereignty, not enough attention has focused on the perception of Switzerland from outside except for crass calculations […]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
The President’s Asian Trip and Sarah Palin
President Obama has just finished his first trip as President to Asia. While meetings in Japan and Korea were important on issues such as army bases and North Korean nuclear proliferation, most attention was focused on his visit to China. Would he be able to convince the Chinese to revalue their currency? Would there be […]
