1. The Munich Security Conference is an annual conference on international security that has been held in Munich, Germany, since 1963. It has served as the primary venue for Western heads of state and military officials to coordinate security policy and consolidate a unified stance against perceived threats from non-Western powers.
What division did US Secretary of State Marco Rubio refer to the beginning of his speech at the conference on Saturday?

2. What common purpose did Secretary Rubio say unified America and Europe at the time of the first Munich Security Conference?

3. What was the "dangerous delusion" described by Rubio in paragraph 4?

4. a) Why was the belief a foolish idea, according to Secretary Rubio?
b) What was the result of this delusion?

5. a) What actions did Europe and the U.S. take that harmed our countries? (para. 6)
b) What has been the result of Europe and America's "pursuit of a world without borders"? (see para. 7)

6. List the negative results of Europe and America's decades-long policy of deindustrialization. (see. para. 14)

7. What does Secretary Rubio say we must do together regarding:
a) deindustrialization
b) our national borders

8. In paragraphs 17-19, Rubio says "we don’t need to dismantle the global institutions of the old order that we built together. But these must be reformed...[and]rebuilt."
List the four countries/crisis in which the UN has had no role in solving.

9. Secretary Rubio offers a hopeful solution. He emphasizes our historic alliance with Europe. List what he says our alliance should do together moving forward. (see para. 25-26, 35-36)

10. What encourages you most about Secretary Rubio's speech? Explain your answer.