General Mark Milley visits Duke University, raises concerns over China's military

Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley came to Duke University to educate the next generation of leaders and address rising concerns related to U.S. security.

“We live in a very complex world. When we’re dealing with great powers — Russia, China for example – it’s important to maintain strategic stability,” Milley said

He said we are entering a world that is potentially more unstable than the last several decades. Touching on new technology and other key foreign threats that could impact our nation.

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Milley said that China's advancing military force is "very sophisticated military," and can operate in space, cyber, land, sea, air and underwater.

He tackled the most pressing national security challenges and how the military is prepared to meet current and future tests. Discussions at Duke on Friday surrounded the pacing threat of China, as well as Russia, North Korea, Iran, ISIS and challenges involving space, cyberspace and much more.

The general said the military is moving forward, paying attention to any and all indicators of concern. Now, they are working to get ahead of what he calls one of the largest shifts in global geostrategic power.

“If we, the United States military, do not fundamentally change the way we fight, how we fight, the resources we fight ... [if] we don’t get on a much faster path then we will lose our position of privacy and dominance militarily, and that will be very, very dangerous period,” said Milley.

The Duke Program in American Grand Strategy hosted the event which provides students many opportunities to learn from leaders.