Hello and welcome to the G0 World podcast.

This is where you can find extended versions of my interviews on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and on the pod today, we are looking at some of the biggest national security threats facing the United States.

Just as we head into a pretty contentious presidential election, joining me, retired four-star U.S. Admiral and former

Supreme Allied commander of NATO, Jim Stavritus. As you might expect, Jim doesn't sugarcoat

things, and he believes some of the biggest threats to U.S. national security are coming from

him inside the House. Meanwhile, outside of the United States,

there's plenty to keep the next commander-in-chief up at night,

from a grinding war in Ukraine to a bloody conflict in Gaza,

and then there's China.

And one of the biggest unknowns in geopolitics today.

What will Xi Jinping do about Taiwan?

We will dive into all that and more.

So let's get to it.

Admiral Jim Stavritus, good to have you back on the show.

Great to be back with you.

There's so much to talk about.

And I mean, yeah, I mean, usually you and I go around the world, but I kind of feel, given

what's been happening in the United States, maybe we should start here at home.

Sure.

Threat environment in the U.S.

I mean, I remember hearing from the head of national intelligence, from the head of the

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