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The Sydney Morning Herald | For all Russia’s power, it’s a sideshow. “We need to husband our resources for the primary fight,” says the lead author of the US National Defence Strategy of 2018, Elbridge Colby........
CBC News | Elbridge Colby, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, talks with the CBC's Aarti Pole ahead of President Biden's address. The President announced harsh new sanctions aimed at punishing Russia.......
German Marshall Fund of the United States | The German Marshall Fund of the United States is pleased to welcome Elbridge Colby to present and discuss his book, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict. As lead architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, Colby outlines how Washington should recalibrate its defense in the face of Beijing’s growing power and ambition, putting particular emphasis on the goals that the United States should tackle and the interests it should prioritize.......
Süddeutsche Zeitung | Amerika wird sich um Europa nicht mehr so kümmern können wie bisher. Das größte Land der EU wird die Leerstelle füllen müssen. Andernfalls ... Gastkommentar von Elbridge Colby.......
Between the Lines with Tom Switzer | American power: Spread too thin and over extended? The U.S can no longer dominant the world and so should reorder its strategic priorities away from Europe, Ukraine and the Middle East and instead concentrate on the Asia Pacific and China........
Bloomberg | Elbridge Colby, co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, discusses his recent piece that argues the intense focus on the Ukraine crisis is a distraction from China. He spoke with Bloomberg's David Westin........
Asahi | As the crisis of Russia's invasion of Ukraine increases, the US Biden administration will promote diplomatic efforts and increase the number of US troops in Europe........
Sky News | Russia-Ukraine tensions have "the potential to escalate into a global security crisis... of the kind we haven't seen in many decades", says Dr. Wess Mitchell, former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs........
Defense One | Elbridge Colby, a panelist who helped write the 2018 National Defense Strategy as deputy assistant defense secretary for strategy and force development, said the Navy should talk far less about its role in safeguarding commerce and more about how it deters and fights wars.......
USNI News | During an earlier panel at the conference, Elbridge Colby – who served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development during the Trump administration – mentioned the idea of a combined forces command with Japan as a way to counter China in the Indo-Pacific.......