No. 91 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Retired general, former national security adviser
H. R. McMaster is a retired Army lieutenant general who served as national security adviser from 2017 to 2018.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where H. R. McMaster's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Argued at the Munk Debates that China threatens the liberal international order.
McMaster served in the Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq, and holds a Ph.D. in American history.
He is a fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution.
On the record
2019
May 9, 2019
Formal debateLost the audience vote
Against Kishore Mahbubani and Wang Huiyao · Munk Debates, Toronto
H. R. McMaster argued for the motion with Michael Pillsbury. The con side won the audience vote, swinging 2 percent.
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