Publications

November 30, 2023

Kissinger Met with Xi and Other Powerful Figures into His 100th Year

The New York Times | "When Henry Kissinger popped up in an ornate meeting room in Beijing in July with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, the episode became the most vivid symbol of the former diplomat and business consultant’s ability through the decades to put himself next to centers of power.".........
November 29, 2023

David Hale: Sino-American Competition, Global Strategy, and the Place of the Middle East

The National Interest | The pivot to East Asia is a rational maneuver much discussed over the past decades but of only recent and somewhat sticky execution..........
November 3, 2023

AUKUS going to ‘face challenges’ and is ‘at risk of falling apart’

The Australian | Former US deputy assistant secretary of defence Elbridge Colby says the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the UK, and the US, in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines (AUKUS) is at risk of falling apart.........
October 30, 2023

Spanish Verison – Elbridge Colby, ex asesor del Pentágono: “Estados Unidos no está preparado para una guerra de alta intensidad con China”

Descifrando La Guerra | Pero, en general, no se está moviendo ni de lejos con la urgencia, la escala o la velocidad necesarias para hacer frente a la amenaza que supone China. .........
October 30, 2023

English Version – Elbridge Colby, former Pentagon advisor: “The United States is not ready for a high-intensity war with China”

Descifrando La Guerra | But overall the Biden Administration is not moving with anywhere near the requisite urgency, scale, or speed to address the threat China poses.........
October 20, 2023

China sees Russia partnership as crucial to its great-power ambitions and is developing ability to ‘win wars’: Pentagon

South China Morning Post | US Defence Department calls out Beijing for ‘providing material support’ to Moscow in Ukraine war and heaping military pressure on Taiwan.........
October 19, 2023

A 155 mm artillery strike on Biden’s defense trade-offs delusion

Washington Examiner | Elbridge Colby and Alex Velez-Green have repeatedly emphasized this point. I disagree with them on some of the weapons trade-offs for Ukraine and Taiwan..........
October 17, 2023

Why Putin’s visit to China is a joint show of defiance towards US-led West

South China Morning Post | “[There is] a massive mismatch between strategy and resources,” Elbridge Colby, a China hawk and former deputy assistant secretary of defence under Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump, commented..........
October 12, 2023

Buck Brief- Elbridge Colby

The Buck Sexton Show | Elbridge Colby is an American national security policy expert who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development from 2017 to 2018 during the Trump administration.........
October 11, 2023

The gathering storm

Washington Examiner | “The threat from China has not dissipated in the slightest while our defense spending and industry remain basically status quo as threats multiply,” former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby wrote........