US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the Munich Security Conference, February 14, 2026 (Sky)
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Ukraine War, Day 1,451: Europe’s Leaders Support Kyiv at Munich Security Conference
I joined Poland’s TVP World on Saturday for a 13-minute evaluation of the speeches and maneuvers at the Munich Security Conference, amid the Trump Administration’s threat to Europe and its security.
I consider the contrasting approaches of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the end of the post-1945 international order.
Merz implicitly acknowledged the Trump camp’s withdrawal from alliances while calling for repair of the trans-Atlantic relationship. Rubio, albeit far more polite than Vice President J.D. Vance a year later, reaffirmed the Administration’s attacks on Europe from immigration to climate change to international cooperation.
Thus the question: while waiting for a more sensible Government in the US, how should Europe — taking the burden of supporting Ukraine against Russia’s full-scale invasion — prepare itself politically, economically, and militarily?
