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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.......
AFCEA International | Elbridge A. Colby, co-founder and principal, the Marathon Initiative, discusses China and Taiwan during a panel discussion at WEST 2022........
The New York Times | “We have to focus on China,” said Elbridge Colby, a former Pentagon official in the Trump administration. “The military situation in Asia is increasingly acute, and we’re way behind. Russia’s a secondary issue.”.......
Politico | ELBRIDGE COLBY, a former top Trump administration Pentagon official and longtime advocate for devoting most of America’s national security resources to the China challenge, called Bolton out for the piece........
Foreign Policy Research Institute | Wess Mitchell is interviewed by Robert Kaplan about Europe’s past, present, and future........