Nikkei Asia | Elbridge Colby, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development and the principal author of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, said such an incremental increase will not be enough to deter China's actions...
The Marathon Initiative | The purpose of this study is to provide a strategic framework for how the U.S. should think about and act toward allies and partners in an era defined by great power competition....
The John Batchelor Show | Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition. Elbridge A. Colby was the lead architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the most significant revision of U.S. defense strategy in a generation...
The Washington Post | Review by Clyde Prestowitz: (…) In “The Strategy of Denial,” former deputy assistant secretary of defense Elbridge A. Colby agrees that any hot conflict between China and America is most likely to arise in Taiwan.....
Nikkei Asia | The administration of former President Donald Trump made a clear tilt toward the "denial" camp. One of the chief advocates for that shift was Elbridge Colby, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development and the principal author of Trump's 2018 National Defense Strategy. "....
The Wall Street Journal | The U.S. and China are engaged in a “strategic competition,” as the Biden administration has put it, with Taiwan emerging as the focal point.....
War on the Rocks | In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, we hear from Elbridge Colby, co-founder of the Marathon Initiative, former deputy assistant secretary of defense, and author of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Competition......
IISS | China and its People’s Liberation Army have increasingly become the top “pacing threat” for the U.S. military, according to U.S. defense officials and senior policy makers. .....