James Stavridis

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Although it sounds counterintuitive, the path to peace is to show Putin we're serious about putting steel in front of the bayonet he is jabbing at Ukraine. Use Tomahawks to go after his oil and gas infrastructure. He understands power & he understands money. www.wsj.com/opinion/a-st...

Opinion | A Step Toward Peace: ‘I’m Going to Send Them Tomahawks’

As with Hamas in Gaza, ending the Ukraine war will require speaking Moscow’s language: force.

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Michael Smerconish

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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.
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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret.

@admiralstav.bsky.social

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

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

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

YouTube video by ADM STAV VIDEOS

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret.

@admiralstav.bsky.social

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

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”

YouTube video by The Free Press

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by James Stavridis

Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret.

@admiralstav.bsky.social

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"