The Mood of Uncertainty in Munich
... burden-sharing. U.S.-European allies welcomed this rhetoric, but appeared to remain concerned. The future of the European Union after Brexit was another elephant in the room; the modalities of Brexit procedure itself was a subject of intense debates between proponents ... ... “hard Brexit” and supporters of softer approaches to the defecting United Kingdom. The new balance of powers in Syria as well as potential implications of the U.S. — Iranian confrontation added some spice to the Conference deliberations....