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How Alliances Survive

VON Kurt M. Campbell, Rush Doshi

The case against pessimism and the path to a new allied order.

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Schuften, wenn die Straße schmilzt

VON Jan Ole Arps

Hitze, der Klimawandel überhaupt sind eine Klassenfrage. Wer bei extremen Temperaturen draußen oder in schlecht gekühlten Räumen arbeiten muss, kriegt schnell gesundheitliche Probleme, irgendwann wird es lebensbedrohlich. Effektiver Hitzeschutz existiert an vielen Arbeitsplätzen nicht.

Hanging a Banner for Chinese AI

VON David Bandurski

Yesterday’s edition of the Chinese Communist Party's official People's Daily made a bold visual claim to leadership on artificial intelligence at home and abroad.

SAFE and Italy’s Hesitation

VON Arianna Vedaschi

On 28 July 2026, Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, announced that the government had “decided to use SAFE, requesting an intervention of 14.9 billion euros by the end of the year”. He corrected himself within hours: the 14.9 billion had merely been “booked”. Defence Minister, Guido Crosetto, added that the SAFE decision is a genuinely political choice that the Houses of Parliament will be asked to authorise.

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Michelin accused of using financial muscle to pressure tyre rivals

VON Nick de Jager, Michel Veul

Euromaster, Michelin’s tyre-fitting subsidiary, is accused of luring customers away from competitors with ultra-low prices. Yet the company itself is posting heavy losses, covered by its French parent. ‘Michelin is playing a divide-and-rule game,’ says the CEO of a major competitor.

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