On this episode of Neutral World, I am really delighted to have an old friend, a guest who

I've known for years and have admired for years.

He is the operating executive of the Carlal Group, which is a global investment firm.

He's chairman of the Board of Counselors of McClardy Associates, which is an international

consulting firm.

Before that, he served for five years as the dean of the Fletcher School of Law and

diplomacy at Tufts University.

But his record in the military before that was amazing.

Thirty-seven years serving the United States all around the world led the NATO alliance

in global operations from 2009 to 2013.

He was a Supreme Allied commander with responsibility for Afghanistan, Libya, the Balkans, Syria,

counter-piracy and cyber security.

He also before that served as commander of the US Southern Command, the responsibility

for all military operations in Latin America from 2006 to 2009.

I first met him when he was the chief military adviser to the Secretary of Defense.

He has earned more than 50 medals, including 28 from foreign nations in his 37-year military

career.

He recently wrote a book which I found so important that I promptly contacted him and asked

if we couldn't do a podcast because he combines an interesting novel, which I recommend

just as a novel, but he combines insights and warnings for America based on his lifetime

career.

It's entitled 2034, A Novel of the Next World War.

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