THE ADMIRAL'S MOST RECENT COMMENTARY AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
On Morning Joe Discussing State of Russian/Ukraine Conflict
June 26, 2024
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe
Discussing Putin’s Trip to North Korea
And U.S. – Israel Relations
June 20, 2024
Discussing Congressional Leaders Meeting with Dalai Lama &
Putin Meeting with Kim Jong Un
June 19, 2024
On Way Too Early Discussing NATO Secretary General’s Visit to DC and more
June 18, 2024
Discussing Putin’s Trip to North Korea, Russian ship visits to Cuba and Israeli War Cabinet Situation
June 17, 2024
On MSNBC with Alex Witt discussing non-starter Russian ceasefire proposal and Moscow’s naval deployment to Cuba
June 16, 2024
June 14, 2024
China and Russia Are Beating the US in Africa
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
June 13, 2024
With Jose Diaz-Balart on MSNBC Discussing the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
June 6, 2024
Commentary on Morning Joe on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
June 6, 2024
Discussing Potential for Gaza Cease Fire
June 3, 2024
AMERICA NEEDS MORE PREDATOR SUBMARINES TO STOP CHINA
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
May 28, 2024
Discussing China/Taiwan and Israel/Gaza with Chris Jansing on MSNBC
May 27, 2024
With Jonathan Lemire on MSNBC
May 27, 2024
Discussing situation in Israel, Ukraine and thoughts on Memorial Day
May 26, 2024
More on the death of the Iranian president
May 21, 2024
Discussing the death of the Iranian president and other developments in the Middle East on Morning Joe
May 20, 2024
America Is a House Divided. Public Service Can Fix It
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
May 18, 2024
Putin’s Next Target May Be the ‘NATO Lake’
Adm Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
May 9, 2024
On MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Report with Dmitri Alperovitch Taking China/Europe and More
May 8, 2024
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe talking about Israel/Gaza
May 7, 2024
Excerpts from Adm Stav’s MSNBC commentary on possible Gaza cease fire
May 6, 2024
With Fareed Zakaria Discussing AI
May 5, 2024
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe Discussing U.S. Campus Unrest
and Developments in Gaza
May 3, 2024
China Has 350 Warships. The US Has 290. That’s a Problem
Adm. Stav’s OPED in Bloomberg Opinion
READ HERE
May 1, 2024
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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’
