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October 5, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Telegraph

The Telegraph | The deployment of ground-based conventionally-armed missiles across the Pacific was controversial but necessary for an effective deterrent against China’s rapidly advancing military capabilities, said Elbridge Colby, author of “The Strategy of Denial,” which focuses on Us-china confrontation.......
October 2, 2021

Wess Mitchell Quoted in The Economist

The Economist | "But such bilateral deals are bad news for nato," says Wess Mitchell, an American former state department official who co-chaired a reflection group for the alliance last year. The new pact “will be viewed in nato and especially by eastern members of the alliance as implicitly undermining Article Five,” he says.......
September 30, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in Spectator World

Spectator World | This evening, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will meet virtually in a bid to reduce rising tensions between the US and China. The remote tête-à-tête comes at an important time, after a Chinese Communist Party declaration that marks Xi as among the greatest figures in its history, with the outlines of the Biden administration’s China policy now visible, and with no shortage of contentious issues for the two leaders to discuss......
September 30, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Will our new security alliance with the US and the UK just provoke China? Foreign-policy experts in both Washington and Westminster say that it is, rather, the rising threat of China that has made the collaboration so necessary for Australia.......
September 30, 2021

Panel: The Reagan Institute – Elbridge Colby

The Reagan Institute | The Reagan Institute invites you to join Elbridge Colby and Mike Gallagher for a conversation on Mr. Colby’s newest book, The Strategy of Denial. This virtual event brings together two defense experts to discuss the pressing issues addressed in Mr. Colby’s book such as the evolving global threat environment, the challenge of a rising China, and recommendations for strengthening American national security through “deterrence by denial.”......
September 30, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on KBLA 1580

KBLA 1580 AM: Tavis Smiley | Los Angeles Radio: Today on "Tavis Smiley," we talk with Elbridge Colby.....
September 30, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Telegraph

The Telegraph | Elbridge Colby, a former Pentagon official whose new book, “The Strategy of Denial,” focuses on US-China confrontation, said Micronesia offered the US military “defensive depth” in the region as Beijing built up a formidable naval force. ...
September 28, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed at The Alexander Hamilton Society

The Alexander Hamilton Society | The Alexander Hamilton Society hosted a virtual book launch with Elbridge Colby on his new book, 'The Strategy of Denial.' In this book, he lays out how America’s defense must change to address China’s growing power and ambition. ......
September 27, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs

Yale University | During the discussion, moderated by ISS director Arne Westad, Colby emphasized that strategy is not a master plan but a framework to make decisions amidst uncertainty and scarcity......
September 26, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times | The standard view in Asia is that Taiwan is the canary in the coal mine,” said Elbridge Colby, a former Pentagon official whose new book, “The Strategy of Denial,” focuses on the U.S.-China confrontation.....