Trust in Swiss institutions is poor, and emotional or affective polarisation is high, according to a study on the ...

Switzerland’s government rejected a proposal from the country’s largest political party to cap the population, diminishing ...

In his latest book, Parag Khanna propagates the ‘information state’, which is a hybrid of Swiss-style direct democracy and authoritarian technocrat regimes such as Singapore. The book* reveals ...

Even as populism, disruption and authoritarianism reshape the world order, Switzerland remains relatively stable. SWI ...

Americans in Switzerland to protest at Tesla dealerships, Geneva to boost aid to international organisations and more news in ...

A semi-direct democracy like Switzerland has an advantage in this regard. On the other hand, the global financial crisis, the pandemic and the Ukraine crisis have obviously contributed to public ...

The Council of Europe's AI Convention sets binding standards for transparency and non-discrimination in the field of artificial intelligence. The Federal Council took the decision to ratify the ...

Studer: Modern feminism began with the French Revolution and Olympe de Gouges, who, in 1791, introduced a plan for a democracy that included women. In Switzerland the following century ...

A new study from Marc Jacob, assistant professor of democracy and global affairs at the Keough School of Global Affairs at ...

A new study on polarisation in Switzerland has found that trust in Swiss institutions is poor, while emotional or affective ...