May 1, 2025
Foreign Affairs | After the end of the Cold War, the United States moved away from using negotiations to promote the national interest. .......
April 22, 2025
Foreign Policy | Europe needs a Walter Lippmann — the famous American journalist who, in 1943, argued that a gap between foreign commitments and capacity creates an “insolvent” foreign policy......
November 20, 2024
American Compass | It has become clear that the current DIB is ill-equipped to produce materiel adequate to achieve plausible mission objectives in any one theater America is currently engaged in, let alone all three ........
October 24, 2024
Intercollegiate Studies Institute | "Join us for an insightful discussion with Johnny Burtka and Elbridge Colby as they delve into the concept of "New Republican Statecraft."......
October 22, 2024
The Marathon Initiative | America’s allies are heavily reliant on the United States for security. These dependencies belie the potential power of our partners – and America’s growing fiscal constraints........
October 21, 2024
Meridian International Center | "Securing an increasingly insecure world is more critical than ever in an era marked by escalating regional conflicts, shifting power dynamics, and emerging threats."....
October 18, 2024
The Marathon Initiative | The United States faces a growing risk of multi-front war against Russia, China and Iran. The optimal response to this danger would be a sequential strategy aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia in Ukraine on a faster timeline than China is prepared to move against Taiwan.........
October 1, 2024
Politico | “The trajectory for a sustainable, workable transatlantic alliance is very clear: Europe must take the lead in its own defense,” Colby said. “The United States cannot do everything and must focus on Asia sooner or later, ideally ASAP.”.......
September 24, 2024
The Marathon Initiative | Washington cannot shrink from great-power competition where U.S. security is threatened, but nor can it form a strategy on the assumption that it possesses unlimited resources to compete, .......
September 23, 2024
Centre for Security, Diplomacy, and Strategy | Dr. Mitchell spoke at the Brussels School of Governance about how great powers use diplomacy throughout history in a talk titled "Skillful Statecraft Across the Ages."....