Elbridge Colby Featured in Diplomatic Courier

Here, it is worth reading Krepinevich’s book in parallel with Elbridge Colby’s “The Strategy of Denial”. While some disagree with Colby’s analysis and conclusions, it is an articulation of a clear operational concept against which military planners can work and the services can acquire. For Colby, it is the denial of China’s hegemonic ambitions and designs against Taiwan, in the first instance, but planning for escalation and the eventual outbreak of hostilities in the second. When read together, readers will see how the necessity of innovation and adaptation are nested within a broader defense framework.

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