Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.)

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Admiral James G. Stavridis
U.S. Navy (Retired); Vice Chair, The Carlyle Group

Chair of the Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 12:00 pm

The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches will present Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.) on Friday, December 13, 2024 at Noon, at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.

Admiral Stavridis is Vice Chair, Global Affairs of The Carlyle Group and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation, following five years as the 12th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.  A retired 4-star officer in the U.S. Navy, he led the NATO Alliance in global operations from 2009 to 2013 as Supreme Allied Commander with responsibility for Afghanistan, Libya, the Balkans, Syria, counter piracy, and cyber security.  

He also served as Commander of U.S. Southern Command, with responsibility for all military operations in Latin America from 2006-2009. He earned more than 50 medals, including 28 from foreign nations in his 37-year military career.

Earlier in his military career, he commanded the top ship in the Atlantic Fleet, winning the Battenberg Cup, as well as a squadron of destroyers and a carrier strike group – all in combat.  In 2016, he was vetted for Vice President by Hillary Clinton and subsequently invited to Trump Tower to discuss a cabinet position in the Trump Administration.

Admiral Stavridis earned a PhD in international relations and has published twelve books and hundreds of articles in leading journals around the world, including 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, which was a New York Times bestseller, and To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and The Crucible of Decision. His latest book, The Restless Wave: A Novel of the United States Navy, will be available for purchase at the event thanks to a partnership with Pyramid Books.

Admiral Stavridis' 2012 TED talk on global security has close to one million views. He is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and Chief International Security Analyst for NBC News.

Tickets for this event will go on sale Tuesday, November 12, 2024. 

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