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Vice Chair,The Carlyle Group; Chair, Rockefeller Foundation Board; PhD; ADM, USN(Ret.) fmr Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Website: AdmiralStav.com
@admiralstav.bsky.socialEliot Cohen’s “The Strategist” is a brilliant guide to how leaders should approach decisions of war and politics. A pocket Clausewitz, adapted to this fraught moment. Here’s hoping Team Trump gets a copy!
@admiralstav.bsky.socialGrateful to Group Captain Kevin Billings for this generous review of THE TURNING TIDE in The Naval Review. Being mentioned alongside O’Brian and Forester is humbling. Scott Bradley James is back Nov 10, and the Pacific War is heating up. www.naval-review.com/book-reviews...
@admiralstav.bsky.socialCongratulations to Dr. Navi Pillay on the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2015, as Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, I had the honor of presenting her with an honorary degree at Class Day. She has spent a lifetime showing that the law can stand between people and atrocity. Richly deserved
@admiralstav.bsky.socialPublic executions are conducted by terrible regimes in Afghanistan, Iran,& North Korea.I support the death penalty in general & in this case in particular, but our soldiers should not be live streamed conducting an execution.It's not who we are as a military or a nation. tinyurl.com/jhb8t2mf
@admiralstav.bsky.socialPulling a dozen B-1s out of RAF Fairford over a possible Iranian drone threat was the right call. It should also be a wake-up call. Our 750 overseas bases need a top-to-bottom review for protection against unmanned attacks. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@admiralstav.bsky.socialA moving homage to a generation of 9/11 warriors from one of the great combat correspondents and journalists of our time, Martha Raddatz
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@admiralstav.bsky.social@admiralstav.bsky.socialThe last America troops have left Iraq. I believe a small US presence would have served both nations better. But was the war a total disaster? My take in @Bloomberg @Opinion www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@admiralstav.bsky.social@admiralstav.bsky.socialWith Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz leaking, will Tehran lash out to disrupt the flow of oil? And speaking of disruption, the Pentagon's plan to cut 20% of senior leaders would be very turbulent. My discussion with John Berman on @cnn.com : youtu.be/ol5RYBG4vRw
@admiralstav.bsky.socialExploding parcels. Cut Baltic cables. A drone packed with explosives at Leipzig airport. Putin's shadow war is escalating, and NATO needs a firmer answer that stops short of full-scale war. Here's how: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@admiralstav.bsky.socialCovered a lot of ground with Sara Sidner on @CNN.com
this morning: the Houtis opening a new front on the Red Sea, Ukraine's massive drone strike on Moscow, and the President's proposed arch near Arlington National Cemetery. youtu.be/__wfIJ5L55w
@admiralstav.bsky.social@admiralstav.bsky.social@admiralstav.bsky.socialSECAF Meink just ended decades of strategic ambiguity. The US now says out loud what everyone assumed: we have weapons in orbit. That's a deterrent message aimed squarely at Moscow and Beijing. My take on why now, and why it matters — www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@admiralstav.bsky.socialRe Iran the President has 3 options:Walk away and leave the region unstable, Strike hard and risk an expensive, inconclusive fight, Or maintain the economic pressure and wait Tehran out. My money is on #3. My wide ranging discussion with Brianna Keilar of @CNN.com here: youtu.be/iNN87lpLBLk
@admiralstav.bsky.socialChina and Iran, Ukraine's strikes on Russian fuel, and why calling the AI risk a "hoax" gets it wrong. I covered all three topics with @smerconish.bsky.social this week. Worth the watch:
youtu.be/B3wliYbVWPU?... via @YouTube
@admiralstav.bsky.socialOil at $120 a barrel isn't hypothetical if the Strait of Hormuz stays this squeezed. My take on @CNN.com with Kate Bolduan on the two blockades reshaping the Gulf: youtu.be/6qgZuy6ip-Q
@admiralstav.bsky.socialI was on the fourth deck of the Pentagon on 9/11. The plane hit the second. That's the whole difference in my being here today. Thoughts on what changed forever in an instant, with @kasie.bsky.social on @cnn.com today. youtu.be/Vy40vudQfcY
@admiralstav.bsky.socialTwenty-five years ago I was nearly killed when AA Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. On the anniversary, I've written about what that day taught me — about the illusion of safety, the value of allies, and a fabric of national unity I worry has frayed badly since. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
