James G. Stavridis

Building a stable, peaceful, and coherent Europe must include Russia.

— James G. Stavridis

I would not be surprised to see Syria break apart entirely.

— James G. Stavridis

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

As a 4-star admiral, I visited over a hundred U.S. embassies all around the world, and I never failed to see lines…

— James G. Stavridis

I spent much of my life - almost 40 years - as a military officer. My specialty was in the part of…

— James G. Stavridis

All of my relatives on both sides of my family are from Allentown.

— James G. Stavridis

It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his…

— James G. Stavridis

Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of…

— James G. Stavridis

We are excellent at launching Tomahawk missiles; we need to get better at launching ideas.

— James G. Stavridis

The NATO treaty is crystal clear on this one: An attack on one nation shall be regarded as an attack on all…

— James G. Stavridis

Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive.

— James G. Stavridis

After 37 years in the Navy, there were no further jobs in uniform, and it was my time to transition. But I…

— James G. Stavridis

During the early 1990s, Mexico's domestic political sensitivities meant that it rarely extradited people who had committed crimes in the U.S. After…

— James G. Stavridis

If we discover through a thorough and unbiased investigation that Russia has indeed attacked our electoral process directly with the intent to…

— James G. Stavridis

The most important thing I learned was the value of personal friendships and working cooperatively with your peers - the Academy has…

— James G. Stavridis

Front-line officials, including DEA agents, border patrol and other homeland-security professionals, should remind Mr. Trump how important Mexico's assistance is in achieving…

— James G. Stavridis

None of the threats to the global commons will be solved by building walls.

— James G. Stavridis

Some have called Afghanistan 'the graveyard of empires,' and it probably is the graveyard of empires.

— James G. Stavridis

I knew early I wanted to follow my father into the military. He did a full 30-year career and retired as a…

— James G. Stavridis

Walls don't work. ... Instead of building walls to create security, we need to build bridges.

— James G. Stavridis

Thinklogical's systems play a key role in the delivery and visualization of mission critical data used every day by military and intelligence…

— James G. Stavridis

When I get up, the first thing I do is open up Gmail and check my personal email.

— James G. Stavridis

I am a huge consumer of social networks, and I utilize Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I'm interested and am learning more about…

— James G. Stavridis

As cyberweapons and cyberattacks increase in scale and intensity, it will be difficult to defend against them all.

— James G. Stavridis

Life is not an on and off switch. You don't have to have a military that is either in hard combat or…

— James G. Stavridis