Publications

December 1, 2023

No Sanctuary: The PLA’s Kinetic Threat to the Homeland

The Marathon Initiative | Without adequate U.S. preparations, a large-scale—or even small but effectively targeted— PLA strike against the United States could be devastating, not only in terms of direct costs but on the ability of the United States to wage a war.…......
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 7, 2023

“Strategy of Denial” Now Available in Korean // “거부 전략”은 이제 한국어로 이용 가능

Pybook Korea | Elbridge Colby’s landmark book “The Strategy of Denial” is now available in Korean. // 엘브리지 콜비의 획기적인 책 "거부 전략"은 이제 한국어로 제공됩니다.........
November 1, 2023

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

The Marathon Initiative | Without adequate U.S. preparations, a large-scale—or even small but effectively targeted— PLA strike against the United States could be devastating, not only in terms of direct costs but on the ability of the United States to wage a war.…......
October 24, 2023

27th Annual Economist Government Roundtable – Keynote Remarks

The Marathon Initiative | There are now major conflicts in two of the world’s three most important regions. We are in the early phases of what could become the world crisis of our time.…......
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 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........
September 18, 2023

World Events Are Not Going America’s Way

The Spectator | There is a foreign policy strategy to manage this much more dangerous era, one proceeding from a sober-minded focus on our core national interests and prioritizing dealing with our prime great power rival, China......
September 14, 2023

Delfeld: The Military Strategy of ‘Deterrence by Denial,’ Rightly Understood

National Review | Strictly speaking, a strategy of deterrence by denial is about preventing a war in the Pacific, particularly over Taiwan, by first achieving a favorable balance of allied military power that will enable conditions for détente.......
August 1, 2023

Two Fronts, One Goal: Euro-Atlantic Security in the Indo-Pacific Age

The Marathon Initiative | This paper outlines how Europe can contribute to alleviating the “two-front” predicament in U.S. global strategy. It shows how Europeans can help free up the United States’ strategic bandwidth in Europe so as to enable a proper U.S. prioritization of China without weakening Europe’s deterrence architecture.…......