November 4, 2021
Financial Times | What might a coming era of ever more intense competition between the two superpowers look like? And is actual armed conflict between them, once viewed as unthinkable, now more likely than not? ......
November 1, 2021
The Critic | Despite some such unanswered questions, The Strategy of Denial is a terrific new contribution to the literature. Colby is right to point out that there are limitations on what the US can do, and that it is time for threat prioritisation and trade-offs: this is a vital injection of realism to an American strategic debate sorely in need of it....
November 1, 2021
Nikkei Asia | Elbridge Colby, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development and the principal author of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, said such an incremental increase will not be enough to deter China's actions...
November 1, 2021
The Marathon Initiative | The purpose of this study is to provide a strategic framework for how the U.S. should think about and act toward allies and partners in an era defined by great power competition....
October 29, 2021
The John Batchelor Show | Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition. 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...
October 29, 2021
The Washington Post | Review by Clyde Prestowitz: (…) In “The Strategy of Denial,” former deputy assistant secretary of defense Elbridge A. Colby agrees that any hot conflict between China and America is most likely to arise in Taiwan.....
October 27, 2021
Nikkei Asia | The administration of former President Donald Trump made a clear tilt toward the "denial" camp. One of the chief advocates for that shift was Elbridge Colby, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development and the principal author of Trump's 2018 National Defense Strategy. "....
October 27, 2021
The Wall Street Journal | The U.S. and China are engaged in a “strategic competition,” as the Biden administration has put it, with Taiwan emerging as the focal point.....
October 22, 2021
Hold the Line | Track to 19:00 for Mr. Colby’s appearance.......
October 22, 2021
War on the Rocks | In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, we hear from Elbridge Colby, co-founder of the Marathon Initiative, former deputy assistant secretary of defense, and author of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Competition......