The Telegraph | The deployment of ground-based conventionally-armed missiles across the Pacific was controversial but necessary for an effective deterrent against China’s rapidly advancing military capabilities, said Elbridge Colby, author of “The Strategy of Denial,” which focuses on Us-china confrontation.......
The Economist | But such bilateral deals are bad news for nato, says Wess Mitchell, an American former state department official who co-chaired a reflection group for the alliance last year......
Spectator World | This evening, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will meet virtually in a bid to reduce rising tensions between the US and China. The remote tête-à-tête comes at an important time, after a Chinese Communist Party declaration that marks Xi as among the greatest figures in its history, with the outlines of the Biden administration’s China policy now visible, and with no shortage of contentious issues for the two leaders to discuss......
ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Will our new security alliance with the US and the UK just provoke China? Foreign-policy experts in both Washington and Westminster say that it is, rather, the rising threat of China that has made the collaboration so necessary for Australia.......
The Telegraph | Elbridge Colby, a former Pentagon official whose new book, “The Strategy of Denial,” focuses on US-China confrontation, said Micronesia offered the US military “defensive depth” in the region as Beijing built up a formidable naval force. ...
Los Angeles Times | The standard view in Asia is that Taiwan is the canary in the coal mine,” said Elbridge Colby, a former Pentagon official whose new book, “The Strategy of Denial,” focuses on the U.S.-China confrontation.....
Responsible Statecraft | Elbridge Colby’s “The Strategy of Denial” is a carefully argued, methodical book, but a key part of its thesis would commit the United States to overextension in East Asia that would be dangerous for U.S. and allied interests......
The American Conservative | While the Chinese Communist Party has been on a shipbuilding spree, the United States is stagnant. We cannot successfully refocus on the Indo-Pacific region, protect our critical trade routes, and discourage Beijing’s aggression if our Navy cannot project power or maintain order in critical areas......
The New York Times | “If you’re China, this also makes you think, ‘Well, I better get ahead of this,’” said Elbridge Colby, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Trump administration.....