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Europe’s climate-resilience moment has arrived
As global warming impacts are increasingly felt, the EU should turn climate adaptation from a national responsibility into a genuine European policy
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Though proliferation of AI models is essentially uncontrollable, the US is trying to force a split with China, pushing allies into a no-win bind
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Iceland’s rejection of EU membership talks should be seen against a backdrop of new methods of deeper collaboration, especially on security
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