Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

Former Navy admiral. Adventurer, Leader, Speaker, Author of the leadership book "Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of Iron Integrity." mikestudeman.com Northern Virginia Joined June 2024

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

2 days ago

We need better defenses to prevent or prevail in war, but we can’t solely obsess on combustible events. Equally damaging are CCP political warfare & RUS active measures to steal, exploit, & co-opt us from the inside out. Both gunshots and diseases risk mortal danger. Red’s game

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

4 weeks ago

Elevate your leadership, accelerate your life. Because no American should suffer from poor leadership, their own or anyone else's. Get a copy of Might of the Chain here: amazon.com/Might-Chain-Fo…

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

a month ago

Inconvenient truths about CCP political warfare inside the U.S. I don't use the term "silent invasion" lightly, but it's true we are being exploited from the inside out on our home soil by the CCP. And Beijing has been wildly successful in suppressing U.S. discussion about this

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

2 months ago

Insights here for you in a talk with the President of the Nat'l Bureau of Asian Research. Cathy Johnston and I analyzed China for decades (before it was cool) and we served together as the senior-most intel leaders for the Indo-Pacific Cmd from 2019-2022. podcasts.nbr.org/e/assessing-ch…

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

2 months ago

On boldness and emboldening yourself: open.substack.com/pub/mikestudem…

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

2 months ago

This short leadership note is on competition in the workplace and the counterintuitive thing that actually makes someone stand out among their peers. open.substack.com/pub/mikestudem…

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

4 months ago

I offer a macro view of geopolitics and the stakes in my latest article, just published in Tufts University Fletcher Security Review. It covers the sweeping forces of the 21st century that will affect every human on the planet. fletchersecurity.org/_files/ugd/c28…

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

4 months ago

Nick is the best in the business on Chinese transnational repression, spying, and exploitation. This vid is worth your time: ‘Criminal State’: Unmasking the CCP’s Whole-of-Society Espionage Playbook | Nicholas Eftimiades theepochtimes.com/epochtv/crimin… via @EpochTimes

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

4 months ago

Spot-on analysis and extraordinarily well-packaged vids and pics to describe innovative PLA over-the-shore landing capabilities. I can personally attest that Captain (ret) Tom Shugart is one of our nation’s top China watchers. A must read: wsj.com/video/series/o…

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

4 months ago

Getting real but staying even-handed on highly consequential US policy choices, geopolitics, and China matters. #LeadwithIronIntegrity linkedin.com/posts/natsec-m…

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

4 months ago

Quality communications can bring clarity out of confusion, inspiration out of indifference, enthusiasm out of apathy, loyalty out of resistance, and unity out of division. A leader’s success or failure often hinges on this singular skill. mikestudeman.substack.com/p/a-leadership…

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

4 months ago

America's adversaries now have wide-open running room to lure disgruntled former federal workers poorly treated by DOGE. Haste is laying waste to security priorities. It's not the goal you pursue, but how you pursue it that matters greatly. 4 minutes of truth here:

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Mike Studeman @MikeStudeman

4 months ago

Why is Xi Jinping still so confident in China's trajectory? Hint: it's about how fast a country accumulates instruments of power and how promptly & expertly they combine those instruments to shape things in its favor. More in my panel response here: