FEBRUARY 2024 COMMENTARY AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
Discussing how to get Ukraine the military aid they need — with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart
February 25, 2024
On CATS Roundtable discussing Russia, Ukraine, Red Sea, U.S.-China Relations and more.
February 25, 2024
With Alex Witt on MSNBC Discussing Two-Year Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Developments in Israel
February 24, 2024
India is the key to solving Ukraine/Russia conflict
On Bloomberg Radio
February 23, 2024
Discussing upcoming Russian sanctions
on MSNBC with Chris Jansing
February 22, 2024
Russia’s Scariest New Threat is Underwater,
Not In Space
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
February 22, 2024
On Andrea Mitchell Reports discussing Urkaine aide the Israel/Rafah plans
February 19, 2024
Ukraine’s Military Reset Is Doomed Without More US Aid
ADM Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
February 16, 2024
February 15, 2024
Uncle Same Wants You.
But He Needs a Norwegian Sales Pitch
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
February 14, 2024
With Michael Smerconish Talking Trump & NATO
February 13, 2024
With Alicia Menendez on MSNBC’s
Deadline White House
February 12, 2024
On MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports
Discussing Trump/NATO & SECDEF Austin’s Health
February 12, 2024
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe with more discussion of Trump NATO comments
February 12, 2024
On MSNBC’s with Alex Witt
Discussing the Israel/Rafah situation and Trump comments on NATO
February 11, 2024
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe
Discussing U.S. strike on Iran-backed militia leader in Baghdad and possible next steps
February 8, 2024
The US doesn’t have a plan when it comes to China, Russia or Iran
ADM Stav’s conversation with Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
Excerpts Linked Here
February 6, 2024
More on US strikes in Iraq & Yemen
on NBC’s Meet the Press Now
February 5, 2024
Discussing Iran and Houthi Response of CNBC’s “Squawk Box”
February 5, 2024
With Jeremy Bash on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
February 5, 2024
On “Way Too Early” on MSNBC
with Jonathan Lemire
February 5, 2024
On MSNBC with Jonathan Capehart Discussing Latest U.S. Navy Strikes on Houthi Targets
February 3, 2024
February 3, 2024
Adm Stav commentary on start of US response to drone attack
On MSNBC with Alicia Menedez and Andrea Mitchell
NBC News with Lester Holt
February 2, 2024
With Kristen Welker on Meet the Press Now
February 1, 2024
Ross Kaminsky Show – KOA Radio Denver
February 1, 2024
On MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports
February 1, 2024
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BELOW ARE SOME OF THE ADMIRAL’S MOST MEMORABLE PUBLIC COMMENTARIES
Very few Americans could find tiny Montenegro on a map. Fewer still could offer a cogent description of the differences between Slovenia and Slovakia.
Most can’t name the three Baltic countries. Yet thanks to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s charter, which was signed 70 years ago in Washington, every American is bound by law to defend with blood and treasure each of those nations, and 22 others to boot.
While India and Pakistan seem to have stopped bombing one another, the causes behind the cross-border tensions aren’t going away any time soon. The two nations are nuclear-armed; have large conventional armed forces; have had four serious wars since they became independent in 1947; and have enormous cultural and religious antipathy. This is a prescription for a disaster, and yet the confrontation is flying below the international radar – well below North Korea, Brexit, China-U.S. trade confrontations, Iran and even the “yellow vests” of France. A full-blown war in the valleys and mountains of Kashmir is a very real possibility.
I spent much of my early adult life on American warships around the world defending democracy against one of its great 20th century enemies: global communism. The Cold War represented a rare kind of conflict in the span of human civilization, one not between states or princes, but between ideologies. On one side was centralized authoritarian control; on the other, democratic government of, by and for the people.
Adam: Thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts on leadership. First things first, though, I am sure readers would love to learn more about you. What is something about you that would surprise people?
Adm. Stavridis: I am a very good cook, because I grew up around terrific cooks. My grandfather came here from Greece as a refugee in the early part of the 20th century and – like many Greek-Americans, immortalized in My Big Fat Greek Wedding – opened a restaurant, the Downtown Diner in Allentown, Pennsylvania. So cooking is in my blood and I love make big Mediterranean dinners – risotto, cassoulet, tagine, paella, roast lamb, anything from the Mediterranean and the Levant.
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Adm. Stavridis: President Trump’s prediction ISIS territory will fall within days is ‘a huge mistake’
