Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Adm. Stavridis on the Value of Alliances
Intelligence Matters
CBS News
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with retired four-star U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis, who also served as the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and was dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Morell and Stavridis discuss the value of alliances and the strategic foreign policy challenges facing the United States. They also discuss the importance of character and excerpts of Adm. Stavridis’ new book, “Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character.”
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| 0:37.4 | What are the key lessons that you learned about US foreign policy and national security |
| 0:43.3 | from 37 years in the Navy? |
| 0:46.4 | The value of alliances for the United States throughout the world. |
| 0:50.4 | And I think we are, unfortunately, in an era where there's skepticism, particularly |
| 0:55.9 | coming out of the White House, and specifically, let's be honest, from President Trump. |
| 1:03.2 | I think the NATO alliance is a pretty good example of good value for money. |
| 1:07.3 | Our alliance isn't the Pacific with Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, |
| 1:12.7 | Thailand. |
| 1:13.7 | As is the case in life, so often we are greater than the sum of the parts when we stand together. |
| 1:20.7 | I do not want to see America first turn into America alone. |
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