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James Stavridis

James Stavridis

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The Next Iranian Proxy to Target Is the Houthis

With the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, yet another vicious proxy of Iran has been defeated, his execrable regime in ruins. In the Gaza...

15.12.2024 8

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Losing This Tiny Island Would Be a Huge Problem for the US Navy

When I was a young Navy officer in the early 1980s aboard a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, the USS Valley Forge, we pulled into an uncommon...

06.12.2024 10

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North Korea Troop Deal Exposes Putin's Weakness

Vladimir Putin is suffering grievous manpower losses as a result of his illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine. He has lost around 200,000 killed,...

30.10.2024 7

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An Israel-Iran War Would Be a Deadly Mess

We are at a dangerous precipice in the Middle East. Richard Haass, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, told me Wednesday that it...

04.10.2024 4

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US Is Leaving Its Best Afghan Allies Behind

Today Afghanistan is on a rocket ride to the ninth century. A victorious Taliban is imposing draconian restrictions on women — denying them...

27.09.2024 20

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Can the Quad Keep China Out of the Indian Ocean?

This weekend, President Joe Biden is hosting the three other national leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, a loose grouping among...

21.09.2024 6

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How to Keep Putin — and Xi — Out of the Balkans

The Balkans are complicated. And the tendency is always to ignore those nations — until they erupt, as they have done reliably over recent decades....

16.09.2024 6

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Hamas Tunnels Show Future Wars Will Be Fought Underground

A year into Israel’s fight against Hamas, it has become clear that the military “center of gravity” — the most important element of the...

05.09.2024 9

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Israel Can Hit Iran’s Proxies Without Starting a War

Israel is at yet another strategic crossroads. The nation was viciously attacked last October by an implacable terrorist group. Its military response,...

30.08.2024 5

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How the US Can Avoid War in the South China Sea

Summer may be fading, but things are heating up in the South China Sea. With China claiming essentially the entire water space — ­which is half the...

23.08.2024 10

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Ukraine’s Assault Inside Russia Is Putin’s Worst Nightmare

It has been close to a century since the last invasion of Russia by another sovereign power. That was Hitler’s Germany in June 1941, and it did not...

16.08.2024 10

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Maduro Needs an Exit Ramp. The US Can Provide One.

I first met Nicolás Maduro about 15 years ago, when he was vice president of Venezuela — a lackey of the strongman Hugo Chávez — and I was...

31.07.2024 7

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Netanyahu Was Right About Iran’s Role in Mideast Chaos

On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the only foreign leader to address the US Congress four times, one more than Winston...

26.07.2024 7

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China and Russia Are Quietly Building a NATO Rival

This month, there was an important gathering of major geopolitical actors in the capital of a founding member of their alliance, which is also a...

18.07.2024 2

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Putin Is Crushing the Arctic Ice While the US Is Barely Afloat

Ukraine was rightly the major focus at this week’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Washington. And as the meeting’s communiqué...

13.07.2024 4

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Ukraine War Has NATO Lagging on the Other Big Threat: AI

This should be a victory lap by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The alliance is holding its 75th anniversary summit in Washington, will name a...

05.07.2024 5

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Here’s How to Stop the Houthi Attacks at Sea

For more than eight months, the Houthis — an Iranian-backed proxy group based in Yemen — have bedeviled the global shipping industry. The majority...

21.06.2024 40

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America Needs More Predator Submarines to Stop China

My first job after graduating from the US Naval Academy in the late 1970s was as the anti-submarine warfare officer on a new Spruance class destroyer....

28.05.2024 7

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America Is a House Divided. Public Service Can Fix It.

Having spent a lifetime in the military, I am often asked, “Admiral, what keeps you awake at night.” There are certainly many things to worry...

18.05.2024 50

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Putin’s Next Target May Be the ‘NATO Lake’

With the addition this year of Sweden and last spring of Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Baltic Sea has been dubbed a “NATO...

09.05.2024 100

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China Has 350 Warships. The US Has 290. That's a Problem.

There are plenty of disagreements between Beijing and Washington — from Taiwan to human rights to aiding Russia — but the most immediately...

02.05.2024 50

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Ukraine Just Got $61 Billion. Here’s What It Should Buy.

Now that the US House of Representatives, acting in an unusually bipartisan way, has finally passed a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine, the big...

23.04.2024 10

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Israel's Missile Defense Was Amazing. It'll Get Harder.

Over the weekend, a coalition force that included Israel, the US, UK, France, Jordan and other partners thwarted a significant air attack on Israel by...

15.04.2024 30

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Forget an ‘Asian NATO’ — Pacific Allies Could Join the Real One

I generally hate sports analogies, mainly because many people who don’t follow the world of athletics won’t get the point. But as I think about...

08.04.2024 70

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ISIS Attacks Show the War on Terror Is Heating Up

Are we back to fighting the Global War on Terror? The attack in a Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people last month should be a wake-up call to...

05.04.2024 5

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Putin’s New Front in the Ukraine War Is in the Balkans

Throughout Russia’s history, tsars looked for ways to dominate what they called the “near abroad” of their sprawling empire. In today’s world,...

02.04.2024 10

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Russia May Have Targeted Ukrainian Civilians. And That's a Crime

Two Russian flag officers — a general and an admiral — were accused last week of war crimes and had warrants issued for their arrests by the...

12.03.2024 30

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Ukraine and the Houthis Are Revolutionizing Naval Warfare

There are two significant maritime conflicts underway today. One is in the Red Sea, where Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists are effectively attacking...

03.03.2024 20

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Ukraine's Military Reset Is Doomed Without More US Aid

It’s been a tough week for Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced the popular leader of his military, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, with the...

16.02.2024 20

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Uncle Sam Wants You But He Needs a Norwegian Sales Pitch

Last fiscal year, all of the US armed forces other than the Marine Corps and the tiny Space Force failed to hit their recruiting goals. The Navy...

14.02.2024 10

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Tiny Pacific Islands Are a Major Front in the US-China Cold War

Late last fall, a high-level regional meeting for the nations of the Pacific Ocean was held in the tiny Cook Islands. As the summit’s attendees...

25.01.2024 4

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North Korea Doesn’t Want Reunification — or War

Kim Jong Un, the mercurial leader of North Korea, has suddenly announced that his nation will cease any efforts at reconciliation with South Korea....

18.01.2024 40

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The Pentagon Is Giving the Arsenal of Democracy a Reboot

Today, the Department of Defense is releasing an important new document: the National Defense Industrial Strategy. Billed as a follow-on to the Joe...

12.01.2024 4

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Hit the Houthis — and Iran — Where It Counts

A series of brazen attacks in the Red Sea and North Arabian Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels against merchant shipping and US Navy warships have roiled...

03.01.2024 8

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China-US Military Hotline Is Good News in a Sea of Bad

Ready for some good geopolitical news as 2023 concludes? Last week, the uniformed military leaders of China and the US spoke on video for the first...

29.12.2023 10

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Congress Stiffed Zelenskiy — and the US Is the Big Loser

Pity poor Volodymyr Zelenskiy. He comes hat in hand to Washington, a downcast look in his eye, begging his strongest ally for the wherewithal to...

14.12.2023 10

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Venezuela’s Threats to Guyana Follow Putin’s Ukraine Playbook

A nation that few Americans could find on a map, the oil-rich South American country of Guyana, is in trouble. It has a large and aggressive neighbor,...

09.12.2023 10

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