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The Hub Dialogues | This episode features Sean Speer in conversation with Elbridge Colby, author of the new book, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power, on Russia's invasion into Ukraine........
LinkedIn | "Interessanter Gastkommentar zum Thema: „Hilf Dir selbst, sonst hilft Dir keiner!“ oder besser „Nur wer bereit ist, sich selbst zu helfen, dem helfen auch andere!“ Fazit: Unser Schwerpunkt muss vorne liegen, nicht hinten!".......
Sveriges Radio | The defense alliance has been tested, but after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NATO countries have stood shoulder to shoulder. Wess Mitchell joins Sweden's national public radio........
Hindustan Times | And finally, the US-Russia rupture has shifted focus to Europe from Indo-Pacific. Observers such as Elbridge A Colby, a former Pentagon official who played a key role in drafting the US national defence strategy in 2018, have been warning that the US has a deficit in terms of its capabilities to fight on two fronts, and must force European countries to take on more responsibilities even as it focuses on Indo-Pacific........
RealClearWire | This week marks the 50th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s visit to China, a dramatic presidential trip that normalized relations with the country as part of a larger effort to neutralize Soviet influence in China. Today, though, the Beijing-Moscow axis is tighter than it was during Nixon’s historic visit. “Their relationship seems to be about as close as it's ever been, going back to Stalin and Mao Zedong,” said Elbridge Colby, a deputy assistant secretary at the Defense Department during the Trump administration. “It's a very worrisome situation.”.......
Politico | There are so many advantages to our preeminent position that we take for granted. In an essay titled “After Hegemony,” former Trump official Elbridge Colby notes some of them: “Think how the American-born internet supported Silicon Valley, and vice versa, leading to a World Wide Web governed by formal laws and informal norms almost entirely of American design........
Responsible Statecraft | The United States might be promising a tough response, but how far are they prepared to act over a conflict so many thousands of miles away? We’re joined by Elbridge Colby, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategy at the Pentagon, and Constanze Stelzenmuller, a specialist in European-US relations at the Brookings Institution.......
T-Online | Elbridge Colby comment for t-online.de (Germany)......
Channel 4 News | The United States might be promising a tough response, but how far are they prepared to act over a conflict so many thousands of miles away? We’re joined by Elbridge Colby, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategy at the Pentagon, and Constanze Stelzenmuller, a specialist in European-US relations at the Brookings Institution.......
Foreign Policy | The impending Russian invasion of Ukraine offers an unexpected opportunity for the United States to deal decisively with Russia in a way that also advances U.S. strategic objectives in Asia........