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Munich Security Conference 2026: Wind of Change 2.0
The US directs NATO to increase European defense roles amid fragmented spending while prioritizing Indo-Pacific strategy to address threats from China, Russia, and North Korea.
- Last week in Munich, Nato was told `We want Europe to take over the conventional defence of the European continent,` as the US withdrawal becomes a reality, according to the source.
- Faced with limits on fighting two wars, officials argue the US shifts focus, prioritizing the Western Hemisphere as the White House's National Security Strategy states, due to the east Asia and Taiwan contingency, Russia, and North Korea.
- Nato is reallocating senior roles to Europeans, with Germany and Poland sharing Joint Force Command Brunssum, amidst costly fragmentation in procurement and diverse weapon systems.
- Many capitals resist pooling procurement and command, and without centralised buying, analysts warn that simply boosting budgets would waste money, leaving a fourfold gap with Russia.
- Looking ahead, Europe is stuck between two worlds and must reconcile reduced American conventional support with reluctance to integrate weapons and commands, though only a major war would force pooled procurement and common command, the author argues.
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Munich Security Conference 2026: Wind of Change 2.0
The security precautions outside the MSC were as usual: barriers, a heavy police presence, meticulous checks. But as the conference draws to a close on Sunday evening, one irritating realisation remains: inside, nothing was the same, Dr Alexander Wolf writes in an opinion article for Euronews.
Marco Rubio’s Minor Diplomatic Miracle
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has pulled off a minor diplomatic miracle. He managed to win over a room full of senior European leaders on their own territory while slaying many of the continent’s most sacred cows.On Saturday, he received a standing ovation while giving a speech at the Munich Security Conference, the annual confab of senior European defense officials. It was a striking feat, given that the speech sounded like an intervention whe…
Rubio’s charm conceals a brutal truth
What a difference a year makes. At this weekend’s Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was given a standing ovation for a speech that echoed what Vice President JD Vance had said so scandalously 12 months earlier. Rubio accused Europeans of trying “to appease a climate cult” that has impoverished the continent by forcing it to adopt catastrophic energy policies. Like Vance, he also criticised Europe’s immigration policies a…
"This Alliance Has To Look Different Because The World Looks Different": Rubio Expands On Historic Speech In Munich
"This Alliance Has To Look Different Because The World Looks Different": Rubio Expands On Historic Speech In Munich Authored by 'sundance' via The Last Refuge, Marco Rubio appears for an interview with John Micklethwait of Bloomberg News. The interview was pre-scheduled as a follow up to the rather historic speech in Munich at the security conference. Within the interview {video and transcript below} Rubio expands on the baseline of the speech, …
In Munich, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio spoke passionately about the "Western Civilization." That touched a few. Just to clarify: He clearly holds it with the historical image of Mel Gibson, it is less about the values of the French Enlightenment.
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