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Politico | There are so many advantages to our preeminent position that we take for granted. In an essay titled “After Hegemony,” former Trump official Elbridge Colby notes some of them: “Think how the American-born internet supported Silicon Valley, and vice versa, leading to a World Wide Web governed by formal laws and informal norms almost entirely of American design........

Responsible Statecraft | The United States might be promising a tough response, but how far are they prepared to act over a conflict so many thousands of miles away? We’re joined by Elbridge Colby, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategy at the Pentagon, and Constanze Stelzenmuller, a specialist in European-US relations at the Brookings Institution.......

T-Online | Elbridge Colby comment for t-online.de (Germany)......

Channel 4 News | The United States might be promising a tough response, but how far are they prepared to act over a conflict so many thousands of miles away? We’re joined by Elbridge Colby, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategy at the Pentagon, and Constanze Stelzenmuller, a specialist in European-US relations at the Brookings Institution.......

Foreign Policy | The impending Russian invasion of Ukraine offers an unexpected opportunity for the United States to deal decisively with Russia in a way that also advances U.S. strategic objectives in Asia........

The Sydney Morning Herald | For all Russia’s power, it’s a sideshow. “We need to husband our resources for the primary fight,” says the lead author of the US National Defence Strategy of 2018, Elbridge Colby........

CBC News | Elbridge Colby, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, talks with the CBC's Aarti Pole ahead of President Biden's address. The President announced harsh new sanctions aimed at punishing Russia.......

German Marshall Fund of the United States | The German Marshall Fund of the United States is pleased to welcome Elbridge Colby to present and discuss his book, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict. As lead architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, Colby outlines how Washington should recalibrate its defense in the face of Beijing’s growing power and ambition, putting particular emphasis on the goals that the United States should tackle and the interests it should prioritize.......

Süddeutsche Zeitung | Amerika wird sich um Europa nicht mehr so kümmern können wie bisher. Das größte Land der EU wird die Leerstelle füllen müssen. Andernfalls ... Gastkommentar von Elbridge Colby.......

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........