WEBVTT - Single Best Idea with Tom Keene: James Stavridis and Ian Bremmer

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Single best idea for you and really an interesting Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>to say the least, a little vignette into how we

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<v Speaker 2>do this. We did this years ago where we told

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<v Speaker 2>our guests, our Esteam guests, that we value so highly

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<v Speaker 2>that they could be canceled at any moment. There's breaking news,

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<v Speaker 2>there's news that happens financial, the bond market blows up, etc.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what, you go to it because that's what

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<v Speaker 2>you want. We did it on Saturday and really did

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<v Speaker 2>it on Sunday where Eric and Bennett just spent all

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<v Speaker 2>weekend working on giving you the voices on geo politics.

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<v Speaker 2>One of those we went to was James Stavetas in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen seventy five when it was the last thing on

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<v Speaker 2>the planet an American lad would do join the Navy,

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<v Speaker 2>and his set of books over his career was extraordinary.

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<v Speaker 2>We learned this morning, of course, of him commanding one

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<v Speaker 2>of these guided missile cruisers, the USS Barry, which is

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<v Speaker 2>an Arlely Burke class cruiser, and we got just terrific

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<v Speaker 2>perspective from James Travetas on what's going on on board

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<v Speaker 2>those ships in the Eastern Mediterranean. Here's Admiral Stravitas on

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<v Speaker 2>the larger picture of Israel and Iran.

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<v Speaker 3>The Israelis have said they will respond to this three

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and fifty drone ballistic missile cruise missile attack. Fortunately

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<v Speaker 3>the air defenses were discussing destroyed. It knocked down three

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and fifty of them essentially, But Israel will respond. However,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think it'll be a massive jets whistling above

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<v Speaker 3>Tehran kind of response. I think it'll include offensive cyber

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<v Speaker 3>maritime operations. Operations. Don't look for a big escalation at

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<v Speaker 3>this point.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course one of the things we talked about

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<v Speaker 2>was their ability to close the Straight of Hormuz, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was stunned at his comments on very ancient, very

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<v Speaker 2>quiet Iranian submarines that could be out there assisting in

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<v Speaker 2>a close Admiral Stravitas mints no words with minds. They

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<v Speaker 2>could shut down that important Arabian golf Persian golf bottleneck,

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<v Speaker 2>if you will, the Strait of Hormus. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>just wonderful. Ian bremer is everywhere, and unlike most people everywhere,

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<v Speaker 2>the quality of the work is exceptional. There's no other

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<v Speaker 2>way to put it. He puts out a detailed research

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<v Speaker 2>note with Eurasia Group and of course with all their

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful people. But what he really does is he writes prolifically,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly in the summer where he's off with his family.

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<v Speaker 2>And Ian Bremer has done any number of books that

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<v Speaker 2>speak to the moment, and one of those was his

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<v Speaker 2>iconic effort at G zero World. We began our conversation

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<v Speaker 2>with Ian Bremmer today considering his thoughts on the G

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<v Speaker 2>seven in these two nations in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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<v Speaker 1>Iranian strikes in a sense are the higher priority for

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<v Speaker 1>the G seven, but that they don't want to see.

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<v Speaker 1>They really resist the potential for Israel to engage in

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<v Speaker 1>strikes against Iran that could precipitate a direct war. And

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<v Speaker 1>right now, I would argue, you've got Benny Gans largely

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<v Speaker 1>sympathetic to that message, someone that would like to be

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<v Speaker 1>the next Prime Minister of Israel and he has a

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<v Speaker 1>vote on that war cabinet. And you've got Benjamin Nott

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<v Speaker 1>Yahoo who is fighting for his political life and is

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<v Speaker 1>not sympathetic to that argument. Gants is saying, this is

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<v Speaker 1>the time that you should strengthen alliances with countries like

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<v Speaker 1>the US in Germany, and an Yahoo is saying this

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<v Speaker 1>is the time we've got to hit the Iranians back

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<v Speaker 1>directly hard, even if that means a more isolated and

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<v Speaker 1>a more unilateral Israel. That is the nature of the

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<v Speaker 1>debate inside Israel right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Ian Rubber there and it was incredibly busy morning with

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<v Speaker 2>Gold and Sachs. Ernie's really surprising up the stack launching

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<v Speaker 2>off the opening this morning, some challenging news from Tesla,

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<v Speaker 2>from the meme dj T as well one other conversation

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<v Speaker 2>I want to mention here and like I get so

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<v Speaker 2>many emails like what's the one book I should read?

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<v Speaker 2>My book of the year last year was a Loom

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<v Speaker 2>of Time. We were honored that Robert T. Kaplan, who

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<v Speaker 2>was just on with us recently, would come back this

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<v Speaker 2>morning and give us just wonderful, wonderful perspective as he

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<v Speaker 2>looks across the loom of time from Morocco over to Persia,

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<v Speaker 2>over to Iran. And I think it was just a

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<v Speaker 2>really trench at conversation. Look for that out. I should

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