Rubio’s Warm Munich Address Carries Stark Warning for Europe

WASHINGTON—The Munich Security Conference wrapped up on Feb. 15, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech is still making waves in the United States and Europe. At this year’s conference, Rubio delivered a speech on Feb. 14 with a strong warning to European leaders, telling them they have been trapped in a “dangerous delusion” since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Rubio said that the “euphoria of this triumph” led to a misguided belief that every country would become a liberal democracy, that borders no longer mattered, and that global trade rules would replace national economic interests....