Will USA defend Freeloading Europe | Giles | #negotiator 318

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 #negotiator subscriber only content on Chatham House Rules and the state of the UK Support the channel by watching the insider episodes https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRI34L9OtDJuZpaWicbNXzg/join #neuvottelija Sami Miettinen