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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret.

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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

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James George Stavridis is a retired United States Navy admiral and vice chair, global affairs, and a managing director-partner of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation. Stavridis serves as senior military analyst for CNN. He is also chair emeritus of the board of directors of the United States Naval Institute. .. more

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · Mar 17

New book out March 18, 2025. For details visit: admiralstav.com/admirals-boo...

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Michael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 8h

Michael reviews major global headlines with retired Admiral James Stavridis, from Trump’s missile plan for Ukraine to Gaza’s fragile peace, Poland’s power, and America’s global focus.
Listen to the podcast here 🎧➡️ https://loom.ly/UowrdPk

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 12h

A powerful personal testament from Tom Bowman of NPR about the Pentagon attempt to exert complete control over all information. Protecting classified is of course fine. But when neither Fox News nor NY Times sign up to your policy, you should ask yourself if you are getting something very wrong.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 12h

Very proud to be Chair of the Board of Rockefeller Foundation @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social , where our president, Dr. Raj Shah, is taking a pragmatic and sensible approach to the issue of international aid www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...

Opinion | Foreign Aid Is Mostly Gone. It Could Be Replaced With Something Better.

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 1d

As Henry Kissinger said - every solution in the Middle East is just a key to the next problem. My discussion this afternoon with @kasie.bsky.social on @cnn.com youtu.be/k6BGL9FBf5s

ADM STAV ON CNN THE ARENA WITH KASIE HUNT 10 13 25

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 2d

Russia and China are scrambling to dominate the high north. Shipping lanes, oil, gas, vast territorial sees. NATO needs to step up its game in the Arctic, led by the United States and Canada. www.wsj.com/world/inside...

Inside the West’s Race to Defend the Arctic

Sailors scanned for icebergs on a nine-day journey to the U.S.’s northernmost military installation this summer—part of an effort to erode Russia’s vast advantage in the region.

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 4d

This was a really enjoyable conversation about life and literature and determination. It centers on one of my favorite books “the old man and the sea“ … which makes sense because I am an old man, and I love the sea. 😎 youtu.be/1O6aGPUhWnY

How Hemingway Made Me a Better Leader | Admiral James Stavridis on “The Old Man and the Sea”

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 4d

Bloomberg Opinion connected a fascinating photo to my recent OPED for them. It seems to call out for a caption contest. My entry is below. What is yours? "You steered us here President Putin, now see if you can please avoid that Tomahawk missile someone gave to the Ukrainians"