It’s not all about the money
Last week, following six years of intense negotiations, the Swiss government pulled out of the talks on a new treaty. It preferred Switzerland’s sovereignty over the gains of deeper integration into the EU. [...]
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Equality of esteem in tertiary education
Germany and Switzerland have long been famous for exporting cars, machinery and chemicals to all parts of the world. They are now becoming well-known as exporters of their dual education model. [...]
Swiss lessons in subsidiarity
Our new government is committed to subsidiarity and the regions. But this should lead to more than a billion-dollar fund for development. [...]
Go Swiss: Learnings from The New Zealand Initiative’s visit to Switzerland
New Zealand has much to learn from Switzerland. [...]
In the mood for policy change
To sum up the Mood of the Boardroom, there is an appetite for change in the business community. Not necessarily in a party-political sense but certainly in policy terms. [...]
Centralist reflexes run too deep
Because central government is so dominant, New Zealanders instinctively look at central government to deal with their local issues. [...]
A tale of two countries
We have a choice in New Zealand if we are satisfied with our status quo and content to keep fighting the same old political battles for the next decades. Alternatively, we could break out of our old ways and try something radically new. [...]
Swiss success: Small is beautiful
If Prime Minister John Key really wanted to turn New Zealand into the Switzerland of the South Pacific, this is what he should do. [...]
Why policymakers should watch the Swiss
If our politicians were looking for a radically different way of delivering good government, they could do much worse than watch the Swiss. [...]
Lernen von Schweiz und Schwyz
Aus schweizerischer Sicht kann man sich wohl kaum vorstellen, wie faszinierend, spannend und attraktiv die kleinteilige politische Gliederung des Landes in der Aussensicht erscheint – und dass man sich im Ausland durchaus für die Arbeit der Schweizer Kantone und Gemeinden interessieren, ja begeistern kann. [...]