Inside Britain's Most Dangerous Decision in Decades - The Global Gambit - Pyotr Kurzin

Britain is making one of its worst strategic decisions in decades as it prepares to give up sovereignty over Diego Garcia — one of the most important military bases in the world.

It is central to US and UK global interests and Washington does not view sovereignty and access as the same thing. And this is happening at exactly the moment the United States is weighing its options against Iran.

In this video, I explain why Britain’s decision to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has triggered alarm in Washington — and how public contradictions between the UK government, the White House, and Mauritian officials have exposed deeper fractures inside the Western alliance.

Because this is not just a legal dispute. It is a strategic vulnerability.

We explore why Diego Garcia matters so much for military planning, how sovereignty affects operational certainty, and why even small amounts of political uncertainty can force the United States to rethink its entire escalation strategy.

This is not about one island. It is about alliance trust, strategic leverage, and how quickly military assumptions can begin to unravel.