David Petraeus

David Petraeus is a partner at KKR and chairman of the KKR Global Institute and KKR Middle East. He previously served as commander of U.S. coalition forces in Afghanistan, commander of U.S. Central Command, commander of the surge in Iraq, and director of the CIA. (He is also a personal investor in Epirus, a high-powered microwave counter-drone system.)

Articles by David Petraeus

Officers in uniform with formal hats stand under a banner with words in Farsi and the image of an unmanned drone.

The Drone Attrition Trap

Argument

David Petraeus, Clara Kaluderovic

March 5, 2026, 1:38 PM

A member of a Ukrainian special police unit falls after firing a D-30 howitzer toward Russian positions near Kreminna, Ukraine, on July 7, 2023.

Two Years On, What’s Next in Ukraine?

Analysis

Angela Stent, Jo Inge Bekkevold, Kristi Raik, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Agathe Demarais, Franz-Stefan Gady, David Petraeus, C. Raja Mohan, Stefan Theil

February 19, 2024, 7:00 AM

A Panzerhaubitze 2000 tank howitzer fires during a mission in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

Lessons for the Next War

Analysis

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Anne-Marie Slaughter, David Petraeus, Lee Hsi-min, Graham Allison, Rose Gottemoeller, Elisabeth Braw, Craig Singleton, Chris Krebs, Tai Ming Cheung, Maria Shagina, Mauro Gilli, Vance Serchuk, Stefan Theil

January 5, 2023, 6:00 AM

A French soldier, part of the international coalition against the Islamic State, stands guard near Al-Qaim in western Iraq on Feb. 9, 2019.

Big Ideas for NATO’s New Mission in Iraq

Argument

David Petraeus, Vance Serchuk

March 6, 2020, 4:09 PM

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North America: the Next Great Emerging Market?

Argument

David Petraeus, Paras D. Bhayani

June 25, 2015, 8:30 AM

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How We Won in Iraq

Argument

October 29, 2013, 6:27 PM

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‘None of This Is Easy’

Document

June 23, 2010, 9:37 PM

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