Sarah Paine: Americas Allies Are Quietly Preparing for the Worst | [INTERVIEW]

What happens when the world's most powerful nation starts burning the alliances it spent 80 years building? Yale historian and grand strategy expert Sarah Paine doesn't mince words in this interview: America is making catastrophic mistakes — and the rest of the world is watching, calculating, and preparing to respond.

In this interview, Sarah Paine delivers some of the most striking assessments you'll hear from a serious historian:
- Why Trump's approach to NATO is "beyond stupid" — and what it actually means for global security
- How the US plan to forcibly take Panama, Greenland, and Canada makes America an imperialist power — in the eyes of the world
- Why Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin don't spend their days golfing — and what that asymmetry means for the West
- The "B-word" (boycott) that European nations are already considering — and that Washington has completely failed to anticipate
- How the breakdown of US alliances is creating the conditions for nuclear proliferation on a global scale
- Whether Russia will attack Europe in the next two years — and what the honest historical answer looks like

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Timestamps:
00:00-05:30 – Will Russia Attack Europe?
05:30-11:00 – Maritime vs. Continental Power: Understanding America's Strategic Identity
11:00-16:30 – Technology, Research, and the Race to Stay Ahead of Rivals
16:30-22:00 – Can America's Institutions Hold?
22:00-28:00 – Why the Spiderweb of Cooperation Wins Wars
28:00-34:00 – Maritime Trade, International Law, and the Foundation of US Leadership
34:00-40:00 – What America Could Learn from Japan
40:00-46:00 – When America Stops Being a Reliable Partner
46:00-51:30 – What Empires Fail to Learn in Time
51:30-57:00 – Taiwan, China, and the Question America Refuses to Answer
57:00-01:00:52 – Can the US Compete with China Without Destroying Itself?

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