Elbridge Colby Quoted in Stars and Stripes

 Elbridge Colby, who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development from 2017 to 2018, was more specific about that adversary.

“China, I think, clearly has hegemonic aspirations,” said Colby, noting Beijing’s “astounding military buildup.”

“There’s a universe in which China could have built a very advanced military that was clearly focused on territorial defense and is relatively modest,” he said. “That’s not the military they’re building.”

Colby said Pacific nations concerned about China’s aim toward hegemony should take a lesson from Ukraine.

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