FEBRUARY 2023 COMMENTARY AND MEDIA APPEARANCES

On Showtime’s “The Circus”

February 26, 2023

On MSNBC’s The Sunday Show

February 25, 2023

Military Lessons from Year One of the Ukraine War

Admiral Stavridis & General Barry McCaffrey discuss with MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough

February 24, 2023

Discussing the Biden & Putin Speeches with Michael Smerconish

February 22, 2023

Getting Pummeled in War

A 200-Year Russian Tradition

Adm Stav’s Bloomberg OPED – read here

February 22, 2023

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports

February 20, 2023

With MSNBC’s Symone Sanders

February 19, 2023

With Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Now

February 15, 2023

On CNBC’s Squawk Box

February 15, 2023

The Pentagon Isn’t Ready for Spy Balloons of the Future

Photographer: Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Thompson/US Navy

Admiral Stav’s Bloomberg Opinion Column

February 15, 2023

Adm Stav on MSNBC’s Morning Joe

February 13, 2023

American’s Return to the Philippines Makes Sense

 

A new agreement to allow the US access to more military bases will help counter China’s influence and stabilize the region. Read Adm Stav’s Bloomberg Opinion piece here.

February 7, 2023

Were the Chinese too aggressive with their balloon and was the US too timid re Ukraine?

 

February 7, 2023

The U.S. should prepare for a “provocative” Chinese response

On Meet the Press Now – with Kristen Welker

February 6, 2023

On the Sunday Today Show with Willie Geist

February 5, 2023

On MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports

with former CIA Director John Brennan

Discussing Chinese Balloon

February 3, 2023

Talking Chinese Balloons and

Russian Losses In Ukraine

February 3, 2023

LINKS TO PAST COMMENTARY AND MEDIA APPEARANCES

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BELOW ARE SOME OF THE ADMIRAL’S MOST MEMORABLE PUBLIC COMMENTARIES
Admiral James Stavridis, Admiral Jim Stavridis

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.

Admiral James Stavridis, Admiral Jim Stavridis

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.

Admiral James Stavridis, Admiral Jim Stavridis

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.

Admiral James Stavridis, Admiral Jim Stavridis

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.

TV/RADIO

Admiral Jim Stavridis, MSNBC
Adm. Stavridis: Stavridis: There are no winners in trade wars
Admiral Jim Stavridis, MSNBC
Adm. Stavridis: President Trump’s prediction ISIS territory will fall within days is ‘a huge mistake’
Admiral Jim Stavridis, MSNBC
Admiral James Stavridis on MSNBC w/Hugh on John Kelly as new WH Chief of Staff
Admiral Jim Stavridis, Fox News Radio
Admiral James Stavridis joined The Brian Kilmeade Show to share his insight on President Donald J. Trump’s talks with North Korea and response to Russia.