THE ADMIRAL'S MOST RECENT COMMENTARY AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
With Sara Sidner on CNN Discussing President Trump’s Comments on Putin
May 26, 2025
May 22, 2025
On CNN-I with Bianna Golodryga discussing takeaways from President Trump’s trip to the Middle East
May 16, 2025
Putin Opts Out of Peace Talks
May 15, 2025
What Does Russia Want from Upcoming Peace Talks?
On CNN International with Jim Sciutto
May 14, 2025
On CNN’s The Lead With Jake Tapper Discussing the President’s plan to accept a plane from Qatar, Trump comments on Iran and possible warming relations with Syria.
May 13, 2025
More on Possible Ukraine & Russia and India & Pakistan Ceasefires – with Jessica Dean on CNN
May 10, 2025
With Michael Smerconish on CNN Discussing Possible Ceasefires Between
Ukraine & Russia and India & Pakistan
May 10, 2025
With Kate Bolduan on CNN News Central Discussing Russia-China, U.S. – Europe, and India-Pakistan
May 8, 2025
On CNN AC 360 with Anderson Cooper Discussing Conflict That Has Broken Out Between India and Pakistan
May 6, 2025
India and Pakistan Can’t Let Conflict Spill Into the Sea
ADM Stav’s Bloomberg Opinion OPED
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May 6, 2025
On CNN News Central with Erica Hill Discussing Reports of Israeli Plans to Expand Military Operations in Gaza
May 5, 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’
