Vaud Tax Affair: 202 Million Francs, Two Criminal Proceedings and Unresolved Responsibility Summary by Ernst Anker with Claude Opus The Canton of Vaud did not apply the tax shield "bouclier fiscal" in accordance with th...
Workshop Germany, Vise Switzerland: When China Thinks, Berlin Assembles – and Bern Gets the Bill clarus.news | Analysis | May 20, 2026 In Handelsblatt, Thomas Sigmund warns of an industrial policy division of labor wher...
Binswanger vs. Brunetti: The NZZ Economic Debate Four Weeks Before the 10-Million Vote Executive Summary The Neue Zürcher Zeitung published on May 16, 2026, a debate between economists Mathias Binswanger (University of A...
Federal Office of Public Health bans, Bern procures: How federalism devalues Switzerland's sovereignty claims clarus.news | Analysis | May 12, 2026 Andreas Binggeli and Ernst Anker The Federal Office of Public Health (F...
AI in Government: The German List of Deficiencies and the Swiss Excellence clarus.news | Analysis | May 11, 2026 Two audit offices, two reports, two worlds. In April 2025, the German Federal Audit Office dissects the Fe...
AI Regulation Switzerland: Middle Ground on American Infrastructure clarus.news | Analysis | April 21, 2026 The Grok case involving Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter has ignited a regulatory debate that was long ov...
Flash in the Pan with Side Dishes: How Switzerland 'Awakened' in 2016 – and Then Just Voted Again On February 28, 2016, something happened that is about as rare in Swiss politics as an unauthorized garden shed: The SVP l...
Constitution for a Super-AI: Responsibility or Marketing? Teaser: Anthropic has presented a "constitution" for its AI system Claude. The idea: values should not just be layered on top as rules, but embedded in the train...
DNS Blocks: Digital Protectionism by Design When Authorities Turn Internet Infrastructure into a Censorship Machine A critical look at DNS blockades – and how Switzerland protects its gambling industry with a technically...
from Headscarf Bans and Milk Chocolate 🎧 Now also for reading: This podcast episode as transcript 150 years ago, Daniel Peter laid the foundation for a global myth with the first modern milk chocolate – and for Switzer...