We remain apart on the issue of missile defense in the sense that the United States has committed to deploying a missile defense system in Europe -- the phase adaptive approach -- which I'd add, for the first time is a missile defense system that protects all of Europe and the United States from the threat of ballistic missiles.

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The field of study investigating the coming phase shift is known as Complex Adaptive Systems.

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