H.R. McMaster

Veteran, 25th NSA, Senior Fellow @HooverInst, Fellow @FSIStanford, Lecturer @StanfordGSB, Chairman @FDD_CMPP, Japan Chair @Hudsoninstitute

[H.R. McMaster @LTGHRMcMaster]

It’s a pleasure to introduce my new book “At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House.” I hope this book will help Americans better understand what it’s like to be a National Security Advisor, and what it was like to serve in the Trump White House. More importantly, I hope the book helps readers understand how the vitriol in our domestic politics is not only bad for our psyche, but it also how it undermines our ability to govern effectively.

[H.R. McMaster @LTGHRMcMaster]

Elisa Autry gives us another perspective on how the war with Iran is connected to the competition with the Chinese Communist Party.

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Why would the Chinese Communist Party translate and promote the memoir of Iran's late supreme leader? Hoover Research Fellow Elisa Zhai Autry explains how Beijing turned Khamenei into a politically safe, anti-Western hero for Chinese readers. @ProvMagazine https://t.co/s6gUHsuFMC

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The Hoover Institution hosted its fifth annual International Seminar this June on the Stanford University campus, bringing together thirty-seven midcareer diplomats and national security professionals from like-minded nations for discussions about the political, economic, military, and technological challenges confronting free societies around the world.

Read the full recap: https://t.co/iIVIzeAvCF

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What comes after Putin?

Russian opposition leader, historian, and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza (@vkaramurza) joins Hoover Senior Fellow H.R. McMaster (@LTGHRMcMaster) to discuss the war in Ukraine, the perils facing Russia's opposition, the effort to organize the Russian diaspora into a coherent political force, and prospects for a post-Putin Russia.

Watch Today's Battlegrounds on Hoover+: https://t.co/0ukDRA3TdJ

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"The formal dialogues and summits with the United States were boons for the CCP, mainly because they created false hope that China would change its behavior," wrote Hoover Senior Fellow @LTGHRMcMaster in his 2024 book At War with Ourselves.

Xi Jinping returns to the White House today, eleven years after his last visit. The lesson of that 2015 trip, McMaster writes, is that US leaders should resolve to not be fooled again.

Read more in History We Don't Know: https://t.co/pi51bphiVz

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Eleven years after Chairman Xi Jinping's last White House visit, U.S. leaders should resolve to not be fooled again.

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[H.R. McMaster @LTGHRMcMaster]

Constitution Day did not receive the attendion it deserves this week.  See this excellent essay in Real Clear Politics.  If you agree with the authors, consider supporting their excellent American Foundations Program at West Point. 

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The rubber meets the road in California this fall when a proposed one-time 5% tax on the state's billionaire class faces a public vote in the form of Proposition 40. Hoover Senior Fellow @JoshRauh joins @NFergus, @JohnHCochrane, @LTGHRMcMaster, and @BillWhalenCA on GoodFellows to explain why the measure would be a "disaster" if enacted and whether the policy battle marks the beginning of more public engagement on the part of the wealthiest Californians.

After that, the fellows reflect on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America, recalling where they were that fateful day and weighing 9/11's legacy for the war on terror, social divides, and global alliances.

In the "Lightning Round," the panel discusses the pros and cons of an ascendant world senior population; the merits of "financial engineering" as governments spend and borrow more; disorder in the ranks as more of America's military leaders part ways with the Pentagon; and young conservatives' "Nixonmaxxing" (and revising presidential history).

Watch more on Hoover+: https://t.co/EnMXBlK8Fk

[H.R. McMaster @LTGHRMcMaster]

A great documentary about rugby, teamwork, and the warrior ethos. Go Army Rugby. https://t.co/fPgiTIrvmQ

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Hoover Senior Fellow @LTGHRMcMaster joined @goACTA President @PoliakoffACTA and Duke University Professor @DrJohnHillen to discuss military history and strategic vision within the context of American self-governance and civilian control of the military.
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On the latest episode of GoodFellows, Hoover Senior Fellows @JohnHCochrane, @LTGHRMcMaster, and @NFergus, joined by moderator and Distinguished Policy Fellow Bill Whalen, tackle topics from the Middle East to academic politics. Read the conversation guide: https://t.co/lm9gL56c7n

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Civil Defence Minister @CarlOskar Bohlin explains how the Sweden has reactivated civil conscription and trained more than 2,000 people to reinforce essential services during a conflict.

Watch Today's Battlegrounds with Senior Fellow @LTGHRMcMaster here: https://t.co/RDvvtHlg2n

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“Secretary Hegseth needs to know: He won. He won already. He’s the secretary of defense. Stop fighting this rearguard action against phantoms.”

Lt. Gen. @LTGHRMcMaster tells @AaronBMacLean why the military must be kept out of partisan politics.

This @SchoolofWar episode drops September 11.

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Five years after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Hoover Senior Fellow @LTGHRMcMaster argues that perceived US weakness emboldened Moscow and Beijing, and that the same perception now drives Russia's shadow war against Europe.

Read the full piece here: https://t.co/BjDg910T40

[American Council of Trustees and Alumni @goACTA]

📹VIDEO PODCAST: General H.R. McMaster & diplomat John Hillen explain the three gifts George Washington gave his country - and why the US was lucky to have a man of such powerful character as its founding Father.

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Hoover Senior Fellow @LTGHRMcMaster warns that America's armed forces and defense industrial base lack the capacity for prolonged conflict while remaining prepared for crises elsewhere, including the Indo-Pacific.

Watch the latest episode of GoodFellows: https://t.co/OQrF2lVEix

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On a new episode of GoodFellows, @NFergus, @LTGHRMcMaster, @JohnHCochrane, and @BillWhalenCA debate whether economic warfare can cripple the Iranian regime, what comes after "Woke 1," the tragedy of Jason Arday, a "drowning" Putin, and which actors would play the GoodFellows in a Hollywood adaptation.

Watch more on Hoover+: https://t.co/OQrF2lWc85

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Sweden is rebuilding its total defense—and strengthening NATO's northern flank.

Swedish Civil Defence Minister @CarlOskar joins @LTGHRMcMaster on Today's Battlegrounds to discuss lessons from Ukraine and why credible deterrence requires resilience across the whole of society.

Watch the full conversation on X:

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On Today's Battlegrounds, Ine Eriksen Søreide argues that Russia is pursuing political control rather than territory. One driver of that aggression, she says, is Putin's fear that democracy taking root nearby would unsettle his hold at home.

Full video: https://t.co/oTx5XE7Lg3

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On a new episode of Today's Battlegrounds, @LTGHRMcMaster and Ine Eriksen Søreide discuss the future of US-Norway cooperation in the High North, Russia's threat across the Arctic and North Atlantic, and what it will take for Norway to protect critical infrastructure and preserve democratic resilience in a more dangerous European security environment.

Watch the full conversation below:

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Hoover Senior Fellow @LTGHRMcMaster argues that President Trump is being pulled between his preference for a negotiated deal with Iran and calls for more decisive military action.

Watch a new episode of GoodFellows: https://t.co/Y7E7qkuP8w