Former NATO Commander Breedlove Puts Georgia Tech Training Toward Containing Russia
Posted March 22, 2017
External Article: Global Atlanta
Global Atlanta highlighted General Philip Breedlove's (Civil Engineering 1977) mission as a distinguished professor in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech.
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By returning to the Georgia Institute of Technology as a distinguished professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs last year, Gen. Philip Breedlove completes a full circle in a career that includes his service as NATO‘s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the commander of U.S. European Command.”
"In his address, he said that the U.S.’s opponents “are more emboldened, more than they have ever been,” while politically the U.S. was divided and needed to become more unified in its understanding of the values it upholds and its politics. “To reestablish our national position in the world, we can’t do that with two voices out of Washington D.C.,” he added.
He also said that he was concerned by Russia’s role in the U.S. elections, but somewhat downplayed his concern saying that the challenges Russia presents to the U.S. “are far bigger and impactful than what has happened in any election.”
“I think that Mr. Putin is incredibly happy with what has happened,” he added. “He has challenged the legitimacy of democracy.”
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