As a geographic location, Greece offers the best bases in the NATO Alliance from which to operate in the trouble spots of the Middle East and the Mediterranean. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
Building a stable, peaceful, and coherent Europe must include Russia. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
What's the third largest nation in the world after China and India? It's the Facebook nation - 430 million people on Facebook. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
As a 4-star admiral, I visited over a hundred U.S. embassies all around the world, and I never failed to see lines of locals… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
I spent much of my life - almost 40 years - as a military officer. My specialty was in the part of the Navy… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
All of my relatives on both sides of my family are from Allentown. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his way to… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
We are excellent at launching Tomahawk missiles; we need to get better at launching ideas. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
The NATO treaty is crystal clear on this one: An attack on one nation shall be regarded as an attack on all of them. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
After 37 years in the Navy, there were no further jobs in uniform, and it was my time to transition. But I wanted to… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
