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April 1, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed in The Washington Post

The Washington Post | Six questions for … Elbridge Colby: We chatted with Colby, who served as a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2018, about what President Biden's gotten right and wrong in Ukraine. ............
March 28, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal | The point of a tactical nuclear strike to end a conventional conflict, based on doctrine known as “escalate to de-escalate,” is to change the rules on the battlefield while shifting the burden of escalation onto your opponent, said Elbridge Colby, co-founder of The Marathon Initiative, a policy initiative focused on great-power competition...........
March 28, 2022

Elbridge Colby Featured in Lidovky

Lidovky.CZ | „Ruská invaze ukázala omezené síly Moskvy, USA se musí zaměřit na Asii,“ říká v rozhovoru pro Lidovky.cz americký bezpečnostní analytik Elbridge A. Colby, jenž je spoluautorem dosud platné bezpečnostní strategie amerického ministerstva obrany z roku 2018...........
March 21, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on The Realignment

The Realignment | For Day 13 of The Realignment's daily Ukraine coverage, Marshall spoke with return Realignment guest Elbridge Colby, co-founder of The Marathon Initiative, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, where he served as the lead official in the development of the 2018 National Defense Strategy..........
March 21, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times | So U.S. officials have privately been pressing another lesson from Ukraine: The United States and other countries can help Taiwan defend itself, but only if the Taiwanese show that they are ready and willing to fight.........
March 20, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Manila Bulletin

Manila Bulletin | “If China really wanted to reliably be able to coerce Manila, it would want the ability to use direct military force, and the reality is that China is going to have that ability,” said Elbridge Colby, former deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development of the US Department of Defense........
March 19, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on the 1020 Podcast

The 1020 Podcast | In today's Episode Ralph speaks with Elbridge A. Colby (@ElbridgeColby on Twitter).......
March 16, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Philippine Star

The Philippine Star | The Stratbase Institute recently organized a briefing with war expert and author, Elbridge Colby. Colby was the US Assistant Secretary of Defense responsible for defense strategies, armed forces development and analysis of war-related policies. Colby’s talk was a sobering wake-up call for us Filipinos........
March 16, 2022

Elbridge Colby Featured in The Manila Standard

The Manila Standard | Manhit cited these developments from a book recently launched by Stratbase ADRi titled, “The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict,” authored by Former US Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development........
March 15, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

La Monde | For Elbridge Colby, former Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense (2017-2018), “a real defeat for Russia would leave Beijing quite isolated internationally”. Author of the book The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict (Yale University Press, 2021, untranslated), Elbridge Colby explains to Le Monde that, in his opinion, "the Chinese will support their Russian ally but will try to avoid paying an excessive price........