Articles and Media

September 17, 2024

How Biden Let Europe Slip Away

Wall Street Journal | On trade, defense and energy, Washington has failed to shore up the trans-Atlantic alliance.......
September 10, 2024

Wess Mitchell Interviewed in Asahi Shimbun

Asahi Shimbun | Wess Mitchell is interviewed by Kayoko Geji of Asahi Shimbun about the war in Ukraine and the future of security in Europe and the Indo-Pacific theaters.......
September 6, 2024

U.S. Strategy Should Be Europe First, Then Asia

Foreign Policy | Without a secure Europe, the United States risks becoming a hemispheric potentate on the margins of the world....
September 2, 2024

The U.S. and Taiwan Must Change Course

The Wall Street Journal | "Elbridge Colby responds on the defense of Taiwan from a Chinese invasion.".....
August 15, 2024

The Geopolitical Opportunity of Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive

Foreign Policy | Ukrainian offensives onto Russian soil, such as the one currently underway in the Kursk region, present an opportunity to end the war more quickly as part of a wider strategy of sequencing the United States’ geopolitical challenges.......
August 9, 2024

“Shadow Reserves”: China’s Key to Parry U.S. Financial Sanctions

War on the Rocks | Elbridge Colby discusses AUKUS and U.S. submarine power projection in the Pacific with The Sydney Morning Herald......
August 9, 2024

Media Interview: The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald | Elbridge Colby discusses AUKUS and U.S. submarine power projection in the Pacific with The Sydney Morning Herald......
July 25, 2024

The Right Way to Quickly End the War in Ukraine

Foreign Affairs | To halt open-ended U.S. expenditures and preserve Ukraine’s independence and security, the United States and its allies need to give Kyiv one last serious chance at victory......
July 10, 2024

Only One Priority Makes Sense for American Foreign Policy

American Compass | "A strategy of prioritization flows directly from what I would describe as conservative realism. The core of conservatism is making the best of the world as it is: that’s why prudence is a core conservative virtue".........
July 7, 2024

Media Interview: The Spectator

The Spectator | "On this episode of Americano, Colby tells host Freddy Gray why the US should – and likely will – reduce its support to Ukraine and Europe, to focus on the increasing threat China poses over Taiwan. Europe, he says, can pick up the slack on its own continent.......