Admiral James Stavridis – The Cipher Brief

Admiral James Stavridis
Former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO

Admiral James Stavridis is Dean at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. He was the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO from 2009-2013. Prior to his duties in Europe, he was Commander of US Southern Command and responsible for military interdiction operations in support of counter-narcotic activities in Latin America and the Caribbean. His most recent book is The Accidental Admiral, a memoir.

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The New Administration and the NATO Alliance

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