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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
Apple's Android battle offers US AI companies a playbook for China
Tough choices ahead as the US pushes a global artificial-intelligence divide
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
Jilted by Iceland – but Wider Europe is forming through new cooperation structures around the EU
Iceland’s rejection of EU membership talks should be seen against a backdrop of new methods of deeper collaboration, especially on security
Europe’s challenges: what is new?
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First Glance
24 February 2026
Holding the line on the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism
Exempting fertilisers from CBAM would achieve little while risking climate progress
Kimberly Clausing, Ignacio García Bercero, Marilyn Pereboom and Catherine Wolfram
First Glance
23 February 2026
An EU strategy in the wake of the United States Supreme Court tariffs ruling
The European Union should suspend last year’s trade deal with the US and plan for retaliation in response to new tariff uncertainty
Ignacio García Bercero
Newsletter
23 February 2026
How can the EU energy system be made more efficient?
Simone Tagliapietra
First Glance
19 February 2026
Europe’s artificial intelligence strategy should be built on European strengths
Europe can gain most from AI not through development but through sound regulation and adoption of the best the world has to offer
Mario Mariniello
First Glance
19 February 2026
The real justification for the digital euro? Monetary sovereignty
The best argument for the digital euro is to discourage ghosts of the euro crisis from returning to haunt Europe
Rebecca Christie
First Glance
18 February 2026
Europe needs a regulated market for personal data
Data markets would provide a middle ground between shutting down many online services and unchecked exploitation of users
Fiona M. Scott Morton
Opinion piece
16 February 2026
India-EU trade pact moves from promise to reality but challenges persist
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
17 February 2026
Why Europe must reject Canada’s tack towards China
Alicia García-Herrero
Newsletter
16 February 2026
Why does European rearmament need European competition?
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
30 June 2025
Europe’s Elusive Savings and Investment Union
Ravi Balakrishnan and Mahmood Pradhan
Opinion piece
12 February 2026
Taking the Pulse: Can the EU Attract Foreign Investment and Reduce Dependencies?
Rebecca Christie
First Glance
10 February 2026
‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy
The European Union should not go down the path of local-content requirements to protect industry but should remain open to international cooperation
Ignacio García Bercero, Antoine Mathieu Collin, Ben McWilliams, Niclas Poitiers and Simone Tagliapietra
Newsletter
09 February 2026
How can the EU use FTAs to secure its global ambitions?
Ignacio García Bercero
Opinion piece
09 February 2026
Kaja Kallas: The EU’s Tough Talker
Rebecca Christie
Newsletter
09 February 2026
Europe needs a broader trade-defence toolkit against a mounting China shock
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
30 January 2026
The Promise of a Middle-Power Alliance
Moreno Bertoldi and Marco Buti