Elbridge Colby Quoted in The New York Times

But China’s aggressive tactics in the Pacific and America’s desire to ensure security for Taiwan required the United States to empower Australia, even if it meant carving an exception to the effort to reduce the use of weapons-grade nuclear fuel, according to Elbridge Colby, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense strategy and force development. “If nonproliferation has to take a back seat, that’s the right call,” said Mr. Colby.

The New York Times