 As dean, Stavridis initiated a strategic planning process, invited several high level speakers to the campus, and is focusing thematically on the Arctic, the role of women in international relations, synthetic biology and its impact on foreign affairs, cyber, and the role of online media and social networks in public diplomacy.Since leaving active duty, Stavridis has frequently appeared on major broadcast and cable television networks to comment on national security and foreign policy matters.He has frequently appeared on news networks like CNN, Fox News, BBC and Bloomberg, and chief international diplomacy and national security analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.