The foreign policy elite descended on Munich again this weekend, primed for beer, brats, and bilats. The 2024 Munich Security Conference was crowded and frenzied, as security details jostled delegates straining to connect with movers and shakers. The gathering boasted both an online portal and a smartphone app, and participants used them to set up meetings with old friends and total unknowns.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the affair “diplomatic speed dating,” and that about nailed it. For all the conviviality, however, a somber mood prevailed this year. I’ve been attending this conference for almost two decades now, andThe post Worrywurst at the Munich Security Conference appeared first on War on the Rocks.