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H.R. McMaster
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H.R. McMaster

Lt. Gen., US Army (Ret.); former US National Security Advisor; Hoover Institution

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Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster (ret.) served as National Security Advisor of the United States under President Trump and is at the Hoover Institution. On 8 September 2025 he gave the special address “Ukraine & The Future of War” at the Ukraine Freedom Summit in London, to a room of Ukrainian veterans, defense industry leaders and serving soldiers. His argument: Ukraine is fighting an axis of aggressors, not Russia alone; the war mirrors the Western Front of 1916; and planners get into trouble when they forget the four continuities of war — politics, the human dimension, uncertainty and the contest of wills.

I don’t believe that Vladimir Putin will stop until he is stopped.
H.R. McMaster — Episode 24

Photo: Hoover Institution.

Episodes with H.R. McMaster

The Future of War — H.R. McMaster with Sam Cook, Episode 24
Episode 24 · Talk · Recorded live in London, 2025

“Putin Will Not Stop Until He Is Stopped”: H.R. McMaster on the Future of War

Ukraine is not fighting Russia but an axis. A former US National Security Advisor on the Western Front of 1916, one operator flying many drones, Putin’s playbook for Western leaders and the four continuities of war.

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