James Stavridis

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | James Stavridis

As Trump plots his erratic and divisive foreign policy, allies are scared and China and Russia are rejoicing. A decade ago, in the middle of the so-called Forever Wars, I would dread coming into my office in the morning, fearing bad news from the International Security Force Afghanistan. As military commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was in charge of more than 150,000 US and international troops in daily combat.

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | James Stavridis

Despite hopeful signals from President Donald Trump’s administration about a potential nuclear deal with Iran, the fundamentals don’t look good. Trump said this month, rightly, that the U.S. would not allow Tehran any form of uranium enrichment capability (although top aides have sent mixed signals). Iran, conversely, makes the unconvincing claim that it would use enrichment capacity not to build an atomic weapon, but to feed nuclear power plants.

2 weeks ago | japantimes.co.jp | James Stavridis

Despite hopeful signals from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration about a potential nuclear deal with Iran, the fundamentals don’t look good. Trump recently said, and rightly so, that the U.S. would not allow Tehran any form of uranium enrichment capability (although top aides have sent mixed signals). Iran, conversely, makes the unconvincing claim that it would use enrichment capacity not to build an atomic weapon, but to feed nuclear power plants.

2 weeks ago | qoshe.com | James Stavridis

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | James Stavridis

A B-2 stealth bomber drops a laser-guided bomb.  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Despite hopeful signals from President Donald Trump’s administration about a potential nuclear deal with Iran, the fundamentals don’t look good. Trump said this week, rightly, that the US would not allow Tehran any form of uranium enrichment capability (although top aides have sent mixed signals).