General David Petraeus: Inside a World Glowing Red

About this episode

General David Petraeus returns to discuss current geopolitical tensions and military insights.

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”. The Money Maze Podcast is kindly sponsored by Schroders , IFM Investors , World Gold Council and LSEG . Sign up to our…

People in this episode

Guest: General David Petraeus

Topics covered

• geopolitical tensions
• military analysis
• US foreign policy
• Ukraine conflict
• Middle East dynamics
• leadership advice

Keywords

• geopolitics
• military strategy
• Ukraine
• Iran
• US leadership
• Indo-Pacific
• Russian losses
• technological prowess

Sponsors

Schroders, IFM Investors, World Gold Council, LSEG

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KKR Global Institute, CIA

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