General David Petraeus: Inside a World Glowing Red
Money Maze Podcast
Money Maze Podcast
4.9 • 238 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
A first! For the first time since our inception 6 years ago, we welcome back a guest for their third visit. General David Petraeus, once described by Simon Sebag Montefiore as the ultimate soldier-scholar, is Chairman of the KKR Global Institute.
Prior to this, David had a distinguished US military career and was the CIA Director during the Obama administration.
He assesses the heat map of geopolitical and military tensions which is glowing red. Starting with the Indo-Pacific he assesses President Xi’s removal of his top Generals, what this might mean, and why peace must prevail despite the undercurrent of tensions.
Having returned recently from Ukraine, he then gives some fresh perspectives which challenge stale narratives and describes the immense scale of loss of Russian lives and the technological prowess of Ukraine manufacturing and know-how.
He then weights Iran’s options; the US’s potential moves and the perspective of other Middle Eastern nations. Finally he offers advice for leaders in an environment where “just in time” has morphed into “just in case”.
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| 0:00.0 | Keep in mind that in the previous U.S. administration, when the Chinese spy balloon floated over 49 of our 50 states, |
| 0:07.0 | starting in Alaska and then the lower 48, before being shot down off the east coast of the United States, |
| 0:13.0 | the Pentagon picked up the hotline to Beijing and no one answered. |
| 0:17.0 | That is not a formula for success. |
| 0:20.0 | That actually is really something that you do not want to have |
| 0:24.4 | an ability to communicate in a crisis. The EU has come through. UK has come through. The additional |
| 0:30.6 | sanctions. The EU did a 19th round a couple months ago. Now they're going to have a 20th round. |
| 0:36.6 | The EU came together and agreed to provide 90 billion euros, |
| 0:40.3 | about 105 or 110 billion dollars equivalent to Ukraine |
| 0:45.3 | that will help them resolve their fiscal and economic issues |
| 0:48.3 | for probably at least a year and a half or so |
| 0:50.3 | and enable them to double drone production |
| 0:52.3 | from the staggering number of 3.5 million per year |
| 0:56.0 | to 7 million per year. |
| 0:58.0 | We welcome back a guest for their third visit. |
| 1:01.0 | The first followed the invasion of Ukraine. |
| 1:04.0 | Second was with Lord Andrew Roberts to discuss the military and strategic lessons in their brilliant but conflict. |
| 1:10.0 | And today is the heat map of geopolitical and military tensions is glowing red |
| 1:15.1 | to understand his perspective on these conflicts and challenges. |
| 1:19.4 | And in addition to hear his advice for business leaders making decisions against the backdrop |
| 1:24.4 | of uncertainty and unpredictability. |
| 1:29.6 | General David Petraeus once described by Simon Siebaggmondo Fiore as the ultimate soldier scholar, chairman of the KKR Global Institute and |
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