JANUARY 2024 COMMENTARY AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
On Bloomberg Radio with Tom Keene and Paul Sweeney talking about Iran
January 30, 2024
On CNBC’s Squawk Box discussing next steps after drone attack on U.S. troops in Jordan
January 30, 2024
On Morning Joe discussing possible responses to the drone attack on U.S. troops in Jordan
January 29, 2024
On “Cats Roundtable” WABC Radio
Discussing Ukraine, China and more
January 28, 2024
Discussing the latest on Israel-Hamas including CIA Director Burn’s efforts to negotiate hostage release
January 27, 2024
Tiny Pacific Islands Are a Major Front
in the US-China Cold War
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
Read Here
January 24, 2024
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe
Discussing the Red Sea, Israel-Hamas, and Iran
January 24, 2024
On CNBC’s Squawk Box
Discussing Iran, Houthis and the Middle East
January 22, 2024
With Richard Engel
on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports
January 19, 2024
January 18, 2024
North Korea Doesn’t Want Reunification – or War
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
January 17, 2024
With MSBNC’s Alex Witt discussing the chances that war in the Middle East expands
January 13, 2024
On NBC’s Today Show Discussing Follow-on Attacks on Houthi Sites
January 13, 2024
On Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC Discussing Coalition Strikes on Houthis
January 12, 2024
On “The Reidout with Joy Reid” on MSNBC Discussing U.S. & coalition strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen
January 1, 2024
The Pentagon is Giving the Arsenal of Democracy a Reboot
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
Read Here
January 11, 2024
As Houthis step up attack on Red Sea, US considers strikes on land
Adm Stav on PRX “The World”
January 10, 2024
On CNBC’s “Squawk Box”
January 10, 2024
Turkey must stop blocking Ukraine minehunters, ex-NATO supreme commander warns
Adm Stav Quoted in Politico – READ HERE
January 5, 2024
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe Discussing Israel/Gaza/Red Sea and More
January 5, 2024
Hit the Houthis – and Iran – Where It Counts
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
January 3, 2024
On MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports
White House should move toward a more aggressive response against the Houthis
January 3, 2024
Discussing Israel/Hamas and Threats in the Red Sea on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
January 2, 2024
With Garrett Haake on Meet the Press Now Discussing death of Hamas leader in Lebanon, future governance in Gaza, and Red Sea incidents
January 2, 2024
LINKS TO PAST COMMENTARY AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
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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’
