--- title: James Stavridis | TIME description: Admiral Stavridis (Ret.), a TIME Contributing Editor, was the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and is Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, and is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation. His new book is 2034: A Novel of the Next World War. His previous nonfiction book was Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character canonical: https://time.com/author/james-stavridis/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # James Stavridis ## James Stavridis _Admiral Stavridis (Ret.), a TIME Contributing Editor, was the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and is Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, and is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation. His new book is_ [_2034: A Novel of the Next World War_](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9781984881250)_. His previous nonfiction book was_ [Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525559930/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0525559930&linkId=55836fb536de2a15cfd6eb8e8aecce27) ## James Stavridis *  Jan 7, 2023 ### [America Is Lost in a Dark Forest, But There's a Path Out](https://time.com/6245243/america-division-optimism/) We must find practical ways to think through our major challenges or face dire consequences, writes ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 26, 2022 ### [What the West Should Do If Putin Uses a Nuclear Weapon](https://time.com/6225138/putin-nuclear-weapons-what-the-west-should-do/) There is a growing threat of Putin using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine. Admiral James Stavridis on how... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 14, 2022 ### [How Ukraine Turned the Tide Against Russia](https://time.com/6213007/ukraine-offensive-against-russia/) Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russians is proving spectacularly successful. Admiral James Stav... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 9, 2022 ### [The Ukraine War is Becoming Putin's Vietnam](https://time.com/6186033/ukraine-war-becoming-putins-vietnam/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 24, 2022 ### [9 Lessons for Making High Risk Decisions](https://time.com/6180370/9-lessons-for-making-high-risk-decisions/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 18, 2022 ### [Finland and Sweden Joining NATO Is the Latest Example of Putin Miscalculating the Ukraine War](https://time.com/6177971/nato-finland-sweden-russia/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 11, 2022 ### [What the U.S. Military Needs to Learn from the Ukraine War](https://time.com/6165506/military-strategy-ukraine-war/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 14, 2022 ### [Ukraine Needs More Military Aid from NATO—And Fast](https://time.com/6157257/nato-ukraine-military-aid/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 23, 2022 ### [How the West Can Stop Putin](https://time.com/6150300/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-stop/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 10, 2022 ### [A Former Supreme Commander of NATO on What Putin's Up to in the Ukraine](https://time.com/6138110/putin-strategy-ukraine/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 3, 2021 ### [The U.S. Risks Catastrophe if It Doesn't Clarify Its Taiwan Strategy](https://time.com/6113253/us-taiwan-strategy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 16, 2021 ### [How the 20-Year War in Afghanistan Has Changed the U.S. Military](https://time.com/6090623/afghanistan-us-military-lessons/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 29, 2021 ### [Why the Suez Canal Blockage Should Worry Us About the Future](https://time.com/5950791/suez-canal-ship-blockage-trade/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 9, 2021 ### [How We Could Sleepwalk Into a War With China](https://time.com/5945178/sleepwalk-war-with-china/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 5, 2021 ### [U.S. Military Needs to Fight Its Own Extremists](https://time.com/5936355/u-s-military-extremists/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/james-stavridis/","name":"James Stavridis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/james-stavridis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/james-stavridis/"},"name":"James Stavridis","jobTitle":null,"description":"Admiral Stavridis (Ret.), a TIME Contributing Editor, was the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and is Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, and is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation. 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