Elbridge Colby Quoted in RealClear Defense

Colby notes that China’s strategic ambitions go “well beyond Taiwan,” and those ambitions are manifest in China’s military posture in the South China Sea and its acquiring of ports and bases in the Indian Ocean, Africa, and even Latin America. China, he says, seeks a “hegemonic position in Asia and from that . . . vantage global preeminence.” Today, Colby says, Europe is important but “it is considerably less important than Asia.” And America’s power is not unlimited. We must make “tough choices” and prioritize the challenges we face. We must, he remarked, “prioritize the primary theater,” which is Asia, not Europe.

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