Media

April 11, 2023

Elbridge Colby Featured in Politico

Politico | For years, Colby has held that China is the principal threat abroad, and that the United States should focus on Asia to the near-exclusion of everywhere else — including Russia and Ukraine....
April 7, 2023

Elbridge Colby Featured in The New York Times

The New York Times | But some American foreign policy thinkers are skeptical that European nations would give robust military support to the United States in a conflict over Taiwan, or be willing to impose harsh economic sanctions on China..........
April 6, 2023

Elbridge Colby Interviewed in L’Obs

L’Obs | Why does such a prospect worry Americans so much? Why is the possible invasion of Taiwan, an island no larger than a French region and forty times less populated than China, its powerful neighbor, the worst nightmare of the leaders of the United States?..........
April 5, 2023

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on the Intercepted Podcast

The Intercept | Despite China warning “serious confrontation in the U.S.-China relationship,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed plans to meet with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen when she visits California on Wednesday. ...
April 4, 2023

Elbridge Colby Featured in the Financial Times

Financial Times | In supporting Ukraine, the US is not just doing the right thing. It is shoring up its own long-term position in Asia. The wonder is that so many American conservatives can’t see it.........
April 4, 2023

Elbridge Colby Quoted in Semafor

SEMAFOR | Speaker McCarthy should therefore give President Tsai a very direct and forceful message …
April 4, 2023

Elbridge Colby Quoted in Nikkei

Nikkei | As the U.S. Congress shifts to confrontation with China across party lines, conservative hardliners in the opposition Republican Party are calling for a reduction in U.S. support for Ukraine.....
April 3, 2023

Elbridge Colby Quoted in RealClear Defense

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........
April 1, 2023

Elbridge Colby Featured in Diplomatic Courier

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.,......
April 1, 2023

Elbridge Colby Featured in UnHerd

UnHerd | Since writing Donald Trump’s National Defense Strategy in 2018, Elbridge Colby has become one of the most influential conservative defence thinkers in America........