Elbridge Colby Quoted in Le Monde

For Elbridge Colby, former Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense (2017-2018), “a real defeat for Russia would leave Beijing quite isolated internationally”. Author of the book The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict (Yale University Press, 2021, untranslated), Elbridge Colby explains to Le Monde that, in his opinion, “the Chinese will support their Russian ally but will try to avoid paying an excessive price. They will offer military and economic support to mitigate sanctions, but while finding hidden ways, at least in part, allowing for denial.”

Le Monde