Articles and Media

Council on Geostrategy | The rise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the surrounding Indo-Pacific region has altered the global balance of power.....

Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC) | Further details emerged from the Senate testimony of former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Strategy and Force Development) and 2018 NDS Core Team leader Elbridge Colby: "Contact layer forces “orient activities in the ‘gray zone,’ especially in concert with allies, to prevent Russia or China from dominating the crucial perceptual landscape or surprising the United States and its allies by augmenting allied defenses, collecting intelligence, and challenging salami-slicing activities" .....

City Journal | Elbridge A. Colby is cofounder and principal of The Marathon Initiative and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development for the Defense Department, where he served as the lead official in the development and rollout of the 2018 National Defense Strategy.....

The Australian | Beijing’s goals appear to be regional hegemony over Asia, the world’s largest market, as a start, and global pre-eminence from there. Some argue that Australia should accommodate Beijing and hope for the best; but that would result in the compromise of the freedoms and prosperity that make Australia the envy of the world.....

Radio Canada | Elbridge Colby served as Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development under the Trump administration (2017-18). He is worried about the growing influence of China....

The Alain Guillot Podcast | Elbridge A. Colby served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development. His book is The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict......

Foreign Policy | U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate diplomacy with China is rooted in the fantasy that Washington can turn Beijing into a constructive global partner simply by treating it like one.....

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar | Krystal and Saagar are joined by two authors and foreign policy experts who debate on whether the US should defend Taiwan or not if China were to invade in the near future.....

Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress | After 20 years of counterinsurgency and low-intensity warfare, the United States finds itself pivoting towards Asia and engaging in Strategic Competition with China......

History Ago Go | Interviewed by Rob Mellon, Elbridge A. Colby was the lead architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the most significant revision of U.S. defense strategy in a generation. Here they discuss out how America’s defense must change to address China’s growing power and ambition....