Elbridge Colby Archives

September 30, 2021

Panel: The Reagan Institute – Elbridge Colby

The Reagan Institute | The Reagan Institute invites you to join Elbridge Colby and Mike Gallagher for a conversation on Mr. Colby’s newest book, The Strategy of Denial. This virtual event brings together two defense experts to discuss the pressing issues addressed in Mr. Colby’s book such as the evolving global threat environment, the challenge of a rising China, and recommendations for strengthening American national security through “deterrence by denial.”......
September 30, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on KBLA 1580

KBLA 1580 AM: Tavis Smiley | Los Angeles Radio: Today on "Tavis Smiley," we talk with Elbridge Colby.....
September 30, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Telegraph

The Telegraph | Elbridge Colby, a former Pentagon official whose new book, “The Strategy of Denial,” focuses on US-China confrontation, said Micronesia offered the US military “defensive depth” in the region as Beijing built up a formidable naval force. ...
September 28, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed at The Alexander Hamilton Society

The Alexander Hamilton Society | The Alexander Hamilton Society hosted a virtual book launch with Elbridge Colby on his new book, 'The Strategy of Denial.' In this book, he lays out how America’s defense must change to address China’s growing power and ambition. ......
September 27, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs

Yale University | During the discussion, moderated by ISS director Arne Westad, Colby emphasized that strategy is not a master plan but a framework to make decisions amidst uncertainty and scarcity......
September 26, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times | The standard view in Asia is that Taiwan is the canary in the coal mine,” said Elbridge Colby, a former Pentagon official whose new book, “The Strategy of Denial,” focuses on the U.S.-China confrontation.....
September 24, 2021

Elbridge Colby Featured in Responsible Statecraft (Book Review)

Responsible Statecraft | Elbridge Colby’s “The Strategy of Denial” is a carefully argued, methodical book, but a key part of its thesis would commit the United States to overextension in East Asia that would be dangerous for U.S. and allied interests......
September 22, 2021

Elbridge Colby Featured in The American Conservative

The American Conservative | While the Chinese Communist Party has been on a shipbuilding spree, the United States is stagnant. We cannot successfully refocus on the Indo-Pacific region, protect our critical trade routes, and discourage Beijing’s aggression if our Navy cannot project power or maintain order in critical areas......
September 21, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The New York Times

The New York Times | “If you’re China, this also makes you think, ‘Well, I better get ahead of this,’” said Elbridge Colby, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Trump administration.....
September 20, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on CNBC

CNBC | “If it had to be this way, it had to be this way, with all due respect to our French allies” Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development Elbridge Colby tells CNBC on the AUUKUS Pact....