JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference will go down in history as one of the most important and powerful speeches of our time, joining Vladimir Putin’s 2007 Munich speech as a key moment that will shape the future of Europe—and the world—for years to come.

Putin's 2007 speech will be remembered as the speech that marked the beginning of the end of the unipolar moment.

JD Vance's speech will be remembered as the speech that marked the beginning of the end of the post-WW2 Western alliance.