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May 9, 2021

Asia is US Priority: Europe Has to be Ready to Defend Itself Alone

Klub Jagielloński | What the US wants is a sustainable, favorable balance of power, particularly in Asia, because that’s where half of global GDP and the future is.
May 3, 2021

Panel: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung – Wess Mitchell

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung | Wess Mitchell is interviewed by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung alongside Thomas de Maizière about key recommendations from the NATO Reflection Group.....
May 2, 2021

Wess Mitchell Quoted in Bloomberg

Bloomberg | Biden’s team can no longer “treat success as not being Trump,” said Wess Mitchell, who served as assistant secretary of state for Europe in the Trump administration...
April 25, 2021

Interests, Not Values, Should Guide America’s China Strategy

The National Interest |It is now widely accepted that the United States is in a great power competition with China, and that allies and partners are pivotal in this struggle....
April 20, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy | “You face a two-front war where we don’t have a two-front military,” said Elbridge Colby, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense during the Trump administration.
April 16, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed in Jiji Press

Jiji Press | Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, who was in charge of formulating the US National Defense Strategy in 2018, said in an interview that the Taiwan contingency was a problem directly linked to Japan's sovereignty. The answers to each question are as follows....
April 8, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The New York Times

The New York Times | If anything can tip the global power struggle between China and the United States into an actual military conflict, many experts and administration officials say, ...
April 5, 2021

Wess Mitchell Interviewed in Small Wars Journal

Small Wars Journal | I think the defining characteristic of the international environment of the 2020s is the return of great power competition. Specifically: the rise of China and the persistence of Russia as a militarily capable large state.....
March 31, 2021

Biden Team’s Embrace of Europe Falls Short on Content

Foreign Policy | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s inaugural trip to Europe last week is being hailed as a soothing restoration of the trans-Atlantic alliance....
March 30, 2021

Keynote: Waynesburg University – Elbridge Colby

Waynesburg University | Waynesburg University hosted Elbridge Colby for a virtual lecture as part of the Glenn A. and Jane L. Crosby Humanities Lectureship...