Admiral James Stavridis: Pulling Out of the Pandemic. Creative Strategies

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The coronavirus emergency is the world's biggest crisis of the 21st century--worse than the tragic losses ‪on 9/11, and the economic damage of the great recession. Using lessons from history, we look at positive ways for all of us to emerge from the pandemic. Retired Admiral James Stavridis spent 37 years in the US navy and served in both Democratic and Republican administrations. He led US Southern Command in Miami and served as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO. His latest book is "Sailing True North". Admiral Stavridis calls himself "a very serious cook” and is spending time during the lockdown learning a new language: Portuguese.

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0:00.0	The coronavirus is the world's biggest crisis of the 21st century, worse than the tragic losses on 9-11 and the economic damage of the Great Recession.
0:10.0	Today, we look at positive, hopeful ways to emerge from the pandemic.
0:15.0	I'm Ashley Miln Tite and I'm Richard Davies. Episode 4, let's find common ground. What our leaders and all of us need to learn to emerge
0:30.9	from disaster and be more unified in the future.
0:35.0	Our guest is Admiral James DeVritus.
0:37.8	He spent 37 years in the US Navy.
0:40.6	He served in both Democratic and Republican administrations.
0:44.0	During his long career, Admiral Stavridis led U.S. Southern Command in Miami
0:48.0	and served as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO.
0:52.0	His latest book is Sailing True North. the Supreme Allied Commander at NATO.
0:52.6	His latest book is Sailing True North.
0:55.4	Admiral James DeVritus, thanks for joining us.
0:59.5	Pleasure to be with you.
1:01.3	How big is this current crisis compared to others in the past? For instance, the
1:06.1	two world wars or the Great Depression of the 1930s? I think those are all bigger than what we're
1:12.2	experiencing now.
1:13.8	But let's jump forward to the 21st century.
1:16.8	And what is occurring now actually
1:19.6	feels to me like a combination of 9-11 plus the Great Recession of 809. In other words, you have the
1:29.5	uncertainty that manifested itself coming out of 9-11 with this sense of how big is Al-Qaeda.
1:37.6	All the airplanes in the world aren't flying.
1:39.4	What are we going to do next?
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