THE ADMIRAL'S MOST RECENT COMMENTARY AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
China Has 350 Warships. The US Has 290. That’s a Problem
Adm. Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
May 1, 2024
Discussing campus protests
with MSNBC’s Chris Jansing
APRIL 29, 2024
On MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports
Discussing Israel/Hamas
APRIL 29, 2024
Ukraine Just Got $61 Billion
Here’s What It Should Buy
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
APRIL 23, 2024
Discussing whether U.S. military aid to Ukraine will come soon enough
With MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell
APRIL 22, 2024
On MSNBC with Alex Witt
Discussing Aid for Ukraine and Israel/Iran Situation
APRIL 20, 2024
With Michael Smerconish talking Israel/Iran and the novel 2054
APRIL 20, 2024
On MSNBC Reports with Ana Cabrera
APRIL 19, 2024
On CNBC’s Squawk Box Talking Israel/Iran
APRIL 19, 2024
Discussing Israeli Response to Iranian Attacks on MSNBC’s Morning Joe
APRIL 19, 2024
A Discussion with Solita Marcelli, Chief Investment Officer Americas, UBS Global Wealth Management
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MIDDLE EAST ESCALATION: OUTLOOK AND IMPLICATIONS
APRIL 17, 2024
On Bloomberg Surveillance
APRIL 17, 2024
With Jose Diaz-Balart on MSNBC
APRIL 16, 2024
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
Discussing Aid for Ukraine
And Israeli counterstrike options
APRIL 16, 2024
Israel’s Missile Defense Was Amazing
It’ll Get Harder
ADM Stav’s OPED In Bloomberg Opinion
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APRIL 15, 2024
On Bloomberg Radio
APRIL 15, 2024
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe Discussing Attempted Iranian Strikes on Israel
APRIL 15, 2024
APRIL 11, 2024
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe
Discussing Israel/Hamas
And Russian propaganda infecting U.S. Congress
APRIL 8, 2024
Forget an ‘Asian NATO’ —
Pacific Allies Could Join the Real One
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
APRIL 8, 2024
On MSNBC Reports with Ali Vitali
Discussing Israel/Gaza/Iran and more
APRIL 7, 2024
With Willie Geist on NBC’s Sunday Today Show
APRIL 7, 2024
Discussing NATO with Ali Velshi
APRIL 5, 2024
ISIS Attacks Show the War on Terror Is Heating Up
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
APRIL 5, 2024
With Brian Kilmeade on Fox and Friends discussing world crises, NATO and the novel “2054”
APRIL 4, 2024
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
Discussing NATO’s 75th Anniversary
And events in Israel and Gaza
APRIL 4, 2024
On Meet the Press Now Discussing Israeli Strike on World Central Kitchen Aid Workers
APRIL 3, 2024
Putin’s New Front in the Ukraine War is in the Balkans
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
APRIL 2, 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’
