JANUARY 2020 MEDIA
Battling a Pandemic is a Job for the Military: Even if coronavirus fizzles out, the world’s armies need to prepare for the next deadly global outbreak.
Admiral Stavridis’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion 1/29/20
Discussing the impact of Coronavirus and the prospects for the Middle East peace plan just announced by President Trump.
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on the Hugh Hewitt show, Salem Radio Network, 1/29/20
Venezuela’s endgame is closer than Maduro thinks. The regime wants direct talks with the U.S. — Washington should say “no.”
Admiral Stavridis’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion 1/24/20
A wide-ranging interview on service in the Navy, leadership, foreign policy and current events.
Interview of Admiral Stavridis on “Stay Tuned with Preet” podcast with Preet Bharara 1/23/20
Discussing naming an aircraft carrier after Dorrie Miller, the size of the fleet, and the potential for a pandemic.
Appearance by Admiral Stavridis on the Hugh Hewitt Show, Salem Radio Network 1/22/20
Putin on path to be Russian Czar
An OPED piece by Admiral Stavridis in Bloomberg Opinion 1/18/20
Reacting to reports that the president berated the Joint Chiefs calling them “dopes and babies.”
Admiral Stavridis’ appearance on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour” with Brian Williams 1/17/20
Iran will do more disruption but will stay short of attacking American assets
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on the Brian Kilmeade radio show 1/16/20
Discussing the lack of focus on Iran/Iraq during the previous evening’s Democratic debate.
Admiral Stavridis’s appearance on The Hugh Hewitt Show – Salem Radio Network 1/15/20
The world in turmoil. Iran, Iraq, North Korea and more.
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on “The Cat’s Roundtable” radio show 1/12/20
Note: Interview aired on 1/12/20 but was recorded 1/10/20
What about President Trump’s suggestion about a NATO-ME?
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on NPR’s “All Things Considered” 1/10/20
Discussing the path to leadership in the U.S. Navy and whether the U.S. has a long-range strategy with Iran
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on the Ross Kaminsky Show, KHOW-AM radio 1/10/20
Qassem Soleimani – supreme evil. But what happens next?
Admiral Stavridis’s interview with Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio 1/10/20
Why would European leaders help a president who insults them and called NATO “obsolete”?
Admiral Stavridis’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion 1/10/20
What is next with Iran?
Admiral Stavridis’s appearance on the Hugh Hewitt Show – Salem Radio Network: 1/9/20
What to watch for following the Iranian attack
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on NBC’s “Today Show” 1/8/20
Last exit before the tunnel. Response to Iranian attack on Iraqi base.
Admiral Stavridis’s appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” 1/8/20
Brace for the Unintended Consequences of Killing Soleimani
Admiral Stavridis’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion 1/6/20
How the Iranians may strike back
Admiral Stavridis on “The Lead” with CNN’s Jake Tapper 1/6/20
The potential for the ladder of violence in the Middle East to grow.
Admiral Stavridis speaking with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC 1/6/20
The law of unintended consequences and Iran
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on NBC’s “Today Show” 1/6/20
Buckle Up: Iran has a wide range of options to respond to the killing of General Soleimani
Admiral Stavridis’s appearance of ABC News’s “This Week” 1/5/20
A “Forever War” with Iran is Unlikely. But More Death and Violence Seems Inevitable
Admiral Stavridis’s OPED in Time.com 1/3/20
The US strike on Iranian Soleimani will put Americans at risk
Admiral Stavridis’s interview NBC’s Today Show 1/3/20
Why the killing of Soleimani will demand a response from Iran
Admiral Stavridis’s interview MSNBC’s Morning Joe 1/3/20
The strike on Soleimani makes tactical sense — but what is our strategic plan?
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on the Brian Kilmeade Show – Fox news Radio 1/3/20
Look for a “horizontal” Iranian response to the Soleimani killing
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on Bloomberg Surveillance 1/3/20
The need for a national security strategy for the U.S.
Admiral Stavridis’s interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show – Salem Radio Network 1/2/20
Europe will rise in 2020 as the world melts.
Admiral Stavridis’sOPED in Bloomberg Opinion 1/2/20
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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’
