Will USA defend Freeloading Europe? | Giles | #negotiator 318. Keir Giles discusses the significance of the Signal group leaks on the US Houthi attacks. His new book Who Will Defend Europe? An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent has been translated to Finnish as "Kuka puolustaisi Eurooppaa? Hyökkäävä Venäjä, uinuva manner" (Docendo) and has attracted much attention during Keir's book tour in Finland.

00:00 – Keir Giles, the other Keir of Great Britain

00:31 – Finland’s NATO Frontier & Kuka puolustaisi Eurooppaa book

01:02 – The Elephant in the Room: The US “Signal Group” Leak

01:34 – Layers of the US Fiasco

02:17 – America’s Transactional Foreign Policy

02:50 – Consequences of Carelessness

03:17 – The “Restaurant” Analogy

03:43 – Frustration & Humor from Europe

04:19 – Comparing the Trump/Musk Admin & Putin

04:56 – Parallels in Rhetoric

05:25 – “Who Will Defend Europe?”

05:55 – Will This Only Last Four Years?

06:28 – Spotlight on Poland & Finland

06:59 – “Sleeping Continent” & Threat Perceptions

07:28 – Lessons from Occupation

07:57 – Poland’s Spending & Finland’s Resilience

08:29 – Civil Defense & Finland’s Bunkers

09:02 – Universal Conscription & Defensive Mindset

10:40 – Nuclear Deterrence & Sovereignty

12:15 – Erosion of Global Agreements

13:26 – US Policies Undermining Its Own Interests

15:06 – The “Art of the Deal” on Europe

16:54 – Reliance on US Intelligence & Command

19:34 – Vulnerability of the Baltic States

21:08 – Ukraine’s Broken Guarantees & Minsk Failures

22:55 – Potential Peace Deals & Zelensky

25:55 – Finland & Poland’s Self-Sufficiency

27:38 – UK’s Under-Resourced Military

29:21 – Political Obstacles to Real Defense Spending

32:07 – Finland’s New Acquisitions (David’s Sling, Drones)

33:47 – The Globe Isn’t Flat

35:26 – Russia’s “War on Everybody”

37:11 – Hoping the US Will “See the Light”

38:18 – “Make Europe Great Again?”

40:01 – Wrap-Up & Chatham House for Negotiator Insider episode

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