James Stavridis

Editorial Note: This article was originally published at Bloomberg before this weekend’s fragile ceasefire was announced. by Admiral James

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) This weekend, President Joe Biden is hosting the three other national leaders of the Quadrilateral Security

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) Summer may be fading, but things are heating up in the South China Sea. With China claiming essentially the

According to Admiral Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, the Western response to the Red Sea conflict has been “anemic, indecisive, and

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) My first job after graduating from the US Naval Academy in the late 1970s was as the anti-submarine warfare

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) There are plenty of disagreements between Beijing and Washington — from Taiwan to human rights to aiding

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) A series of brazen attacks in the Red Sea and North Arabian Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels against merchant

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has announced a new military effort in the Middle East: Operation Prosperity

Unless Iran reins in its proxy force, the US and its allies may have to turn to the playbook that defeated piracy off East Africa a decade ago. By James

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg) In my military career, I was frequently deployed on the US Navy’s massive nuclear-powered aircraft carriers

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg) Tensions are rising in the South China Sea, but this time it’s not the US and China squaring off. The disagreement

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg) In the latest escalation of his war crimes against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has pulled out of the painfully

by James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) China’s recent enhancement of its spying operations in Cuba — likely to focus on surveilling the many US military

by James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) Virtually unnoticed amid alleged drone attacks on the Kremlin, a looming Ukrainian spring offensive and aggressive

by James Stavridis (Bloomberg) As increasing tensions between China and the US roil international relations, I am often asked a deceptively simple question:

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg) Most people focus on the land and air aspects of the war in Ukraine, naturally enough — they are vivid and constantly

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg) The US military has its hands full at the moment with a vicious war in Ukraine and US-China tensions over issues from

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) When I was operations officer on an Aegis guided-missile destroyer in the late 1980s, we were given a mission in

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) — The vast annual military operation known as the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (simply RIMPAC in Pentagon jargon)

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia temporarily halted oil shipments via the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping lane for crude at the southern end