The cover of this year’s Munich Security Conference report depicted a crumbling elephant, a symbol of a world order in decay and a reminder that what once appeared structurally permanent may no longer be a given. But is it all truly as bleak as it seems? The speech of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was among the most anxiously anticipated moments of the conference, especially after last year’s confrontational remarks by Vice President J. D. Vance. Rubio’s tone turned out to be more