Only One Priority Makes Sense for American Foreign Policy

July 10, 2024
“A strategy of prioritization flows directly from what I would describe as conservative realism. The core of conservatism is making the best of the world as it is: that’s why prudence is a core conservative virtue. Realism, meanwhile, is about accurately seeing the world as it is. So, in a meaningful sense, a true conservative must be a good realist.”

American Compass

Elbridge Colby is co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, a policy initiative focused on developing strategies to prepare the United States for an era of sustained great power competition.