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Meet former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus (Tues. July 30, 2024) Nixon Presidential Library, California

Meet David Petraeus

July 14, 2024

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former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus (photo by David)

Drawing on his experience as former CIA Director and Commander of U.S.-led coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan, General David Petraeus will offer his unique expert analysis on challenges in Ukraine and across the Middle East.

He is the co-author —with award-winning historian Lord Andrew Roberts of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine, a critical analysis of the past and full of insightful lessons for the future.

Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine book Petraeus

GEN Petraeus was born and raised in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. He was commissioned an infantry officer following graduation with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy in 1974. Later in his career, he was the General George C. Marshall Award Winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College class of 1983, and he subsequently earned master’s and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He later taught international relations and economics as an assistant professor at the U.S. Military Academy and completed a fellowship at Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.

General Petraeus served over 37 years in the U.S. military, culminating his career with six consecutive commands, including command of the 101st Airborne Division during the fight to Baghdad and the first year in Iraq, command of the Multinational Security Transition Command in Iraq, command of coalition forces in Iraq during the Surge, command of U.S. Central Command, and command of coalition forces in Afghanistan.

Following retirement from the military, he served as Director of the CIA during a period of significant achievements in the global war on terror. General Petraeus is currently a Partner with the global investment firm KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, which he established in May 2013.  He is also a member of the boards of directors of Optiv and FirstStream, a venture investor in more than 15 startups, and engaged in a variety of academic endeavors.