Keir Giles – Author Talk

Back by popular demand! Continuing his series of talks with Oundle Festival of Literature, Keir Giles – expert and advisor on Russia – will be in conversation with local historian Ian Clark to talk about Keir’s latest book, ‘Who Will Defend Europe’.

In this urgent, vital book, Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies

as they confront the return of war in Europe. He explains how the West’s unwillingness

to confront Russia has nurtured the threat, and that Putin’s ambition puts the whole

continent at risk. He assesses the role and deficiencies of NATO as a guarantor of hard

security, and whether the EU or coalitions of the willing can fill the gap. Above all, Giles

emphasises the need for new leadership in defence of the free world after the US has

stepped aside.