THE ADMIRAL'S JUNE 2025 COMMENTARY AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
On CNN International Discussing Ukraine Situation
JUNE 29, 2025
JUNE 24, 2025
Missiles fly, investors shrug: Why markets are so calm, and what a post-nuclear Iran could offer Wall Street
ADM Stav Q&A with SEMAFOR
ADM Stav Q&A with SEMAFORREAD HERE
JUNE 24, 2025
Will Middle East Ceasefire Hold? I say 70% Chance It Will
JUNE 24, 2025
Will the ceasefire between Israel and Iran announced by President Trump last?
Hope for the best but plan for the worst.
JUNE 23, 2025
What might Iran do next?
JUNE 23, 2025
JUNE 23, 2025
Was the Iranian nuclear program “obliterated”? Put me down as skeptical.
JUNE 22, 2025
On CNN’s GPS with Fareed Zakaria and Richard Haass discussing U.S. strike on Iran
JUNE 22, 2025
What is being discussed at the White House Situation Room meeting tonight?
JUNE 21, 2025
With David Sanger of the NYT on Smerconish Discussing Iran – and Upcoming NATO Meetings
JUNE 21, 2025
How Sustainable is the tempo of war between Israel and Iran?
JUNE 20, 2025
JUNE 20, 2025
JUNE 20, 2025
What does President Trump’s Two-week Window on Iran Mean?
JUNE 20, 2025
If the US Strikes Iran – Will It Work and What Comes Next?
JUNE 19, 2025
Tough Decisions Ahead for the President Re Iran
JUNE 19, 2025
The US Is Making the World a More Dangerous Place
Trump made an early exit from the G-7 summit.
Trump made an early exit from the G-7 summit.Photographer: Suzanne Plunkett/Getty Images
ADM Stav’s Bloomberg Opinion Piece
READ HERE
JUNE 18, 2025
CNN’s The Arena with Kasie Hunt On White House Situation Room Discussions About the U.S. Intervening in Iran
JUNE 17, 2025
On CNN with Sara Sidner Discussing Latest Developments Re Iran
JUNE 17, 2025
With Jessica Dean on CNN Discussing Latest from Israel/Iran – and the Upcoming G-7 Summit
JUNE 15, 2025
With Jessica Dean on CNN Discussing Latest from Israel/Iran – and the Upcoming G-7 Summit
JUNE 15, 2025
On Smerconish Program on CNN with David Sanger of the NYT discussing impact of Israeli attacks on Iran
JUNE 14, 2025
On Erin Burnett Out Front – What is Bibi’s End Game?
JUNE 13, 2025
With Christiane Amanpour on CNN International -What’s Next for Israel and Iran?
JUNE 13, 2025
On CNN with John Berman Discussing Israeli Strikes On Iran
JUNE 13, 2025
On WBUR’s Here and Now
JUNE 12, 2025
JUNE 11, 2025
With Michael Smerconish talking about upcoming parade in Washington, DC
JUNE 10, 2025
Discussing Marines to LA and Tanks to DC with Audie Cornish on CNN
JUNE 10, 2025
With Fareed Zakaria on CNN GPS Discussing Ukrainian Drone Strike on Russia
June 8, 2025
Could US and Israel Destroy Iran’s Nuke Program?
Yep, Here’s How
ADM Stav’s Bloomberg Opinion OPED
READ HERE
June 6, 2025
On CNN with John Berman discussing Ukrainian drone strikes into Russia. Pearl Harbor? Trojan horse? David and Goliath? Maybe a bit of all three
June 3, 2025
On CNN with Adam Kinzinger and Fredricka Whitfield Discussing Ukrainian Drone Strikes on Russia and Possible Middle East Peace Talks
June 1, 2025
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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’
