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 Britain00:31 – Finland’s NATO Frontier & Kuka puolustaisi Eurooppaa book01:02 – The Elephant in the Room: The US “Signal Group” Leak01:34 – Layers of the US Fiasco02:17 – America’s Transactional Foreign Policy02:50 – Consequences of Carelessness03:17 – The “Restaurant” Analogy03:43 – Frustration & Humor from Europe04:19 – Comparing the Trump/Musk Admin & Putin04:56 – Parallels in Rhetoric05:25 – “Who Will Defend Europe?”05:55 – Will This Only Last Four Years?06:28 – Spotlight on Poland & Finland06:59 – “Sleeping Continent” & Threat Perceptions07:28 – Lessons from Occupation07:57 – Poland’s Spending & Finland’s Resilience08:29 – Civil Defense & Finland’s Bunkers09:02 – Universal Conscription & Defensive Mindset10:40 – Nuclear Deterrence & Sovereignty12:15 – Erosion of Global Agreements13:26 – US Policies Undermining Its Own Interests15:06 – The “Art of the Deal” on Europe16:54 – Reliance on US Intelligence & Command19:34 – Vulnerability of the Baltic States21:08 – Ukraine’s Broken Guarantees & Minsk Failures22:55 – Potential Peace Deals & Zelensky25:55 – Finland & Poland’s Self-Sufficiency27:38 – UK’s Under-Resourced Military29:21 – Political Obstacles to Real Defense Spending32:07 – Finland’s New Acquisitions (David’s Sling, Drones)33:47 – The Globe Isn’t Flat35:26 – 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