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April 4, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in Seapower Magazine

Seapower Magazine | The U.S. Defense Department will continue to have a priority focus on China despite the global military community’s recent attention to the war in Ukraine, said Elbridge “Bridge” Colby, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development, in a one-on-one April 4 discussion with U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Sean Salene..............
April 1, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed at Cambridge Center for Geopolitics

Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics | Elbridge A. Colby discusses his new book ‘The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict’ in conversation with Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge.............
April 1, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed in The Washington Post

The Washington Post | Six questions for … Elbridge Colby: We chatted with Colby, who served as a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2018, about what President Biden's gotten right and wrong in Ukraine. ............
March 31, 2022

Economic Interdependence Will Not Deter U.S.-China War

The Marathon Initiative | Economic ties linking the U.S. with China are insufficient to prevent a war.....
March 28, 2022

More Spending Alone Won’t Fix the Pentagon’s Biggest Problem

TIME | Russia’s abhorrent invasion of Ukraine has led to an upswing in support for a larger U.S. defense budget. This is good. If the U.S. is to credibly underwrite a sensible national security strategy in an era of great power rivalry, the nation needs to spend more on its military............
March 28, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal | The point of a tactical nuclear strike to end a conventional conflict, based on doctrine known as “escalate to de-escalate,” is to change the rules on the battlefield while shifting the burden of escalation onto your opponent, said Elbridge Colby, co-founder of The Marathon Initiative, a policy initiative focused on great-power competition...........
March 28, 2022

Elbridge Colby Featured in Lidovky

Lidovky.CZ | „Ruská invaze ukázala omezené síly Moskvy, USA se musí zaměřit na Asii,“ říká v rozhovoru pro Lidovky.cz americký bezpečnostní analytik Elbridge A. Colby, jenž je spoluautorem dosud platné bezpečnostní strategie amerického ministerstva obrany z roku 2018...........
March 21, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on The Realignment

The Realignment | For Day 13 of The Realignment's daily Ukraine coverage, Marshall spoke with return Realignment guest Elbridge Colby, co-founder of The Marathon Initiative, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, where he served as the lead official in the development of the 2018 National Defense Strategy..........
March 21, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times | So U.S. officials have privately been pressing another lesson from Ukraine: The United States and other countries can help Taiwan defend itself, but only if the Taiwanese show that they are ready and willing to fight.........
March 20, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Manila Bulletin

Manila Bulletin | “If China really wanted to reliably be able to coerce Manila, it would want the ability to use direct military force, and the reality is that China is going to have that ability,” said Elbridge Colby, former deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development of the US Department of Defense........