Shyam Sankar, the Chief Technology Officer of the data analytics, cybersecurity, and national security firm Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR), delivered a stark warning about America’s global standing, asserting that the country has lost deterrence as a nation and is no longer feared by its adversaries.

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Sankar Says Geopolitical Events Have Reduced US Deterrence

Sankar, who was recently commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, made the comments during an appearance on the New York Times podcast “Interesting Times with Ross Douthat” on Oct. 30.

“Arguably for the last 10 years, we’ve lost deterrence as a nation,” Sankar said, pointing to a series of geopolitical events as evidence.

“You look at the Crimea in 2014, the militarization of the Spratly Islands by the Chinese in 2015, the breakout capability of Iran on the bomb, and then a program happening in Israel two years ago… peace is not there right now.”

He argued that this loss of military and industrial credibility is a primary driver for a new, patriotic realignment in ...