Our Work

We believe that the primary task for our generation is to build a new American strategy attuned to the pressing realities of our time. This framework must be comprehensive of the major regions and dimensions of U.S. power and interests. It must also be willing to challenge established wisdom and inertia in U.S. national security policy and related fields.

Broadening the Base: A Blueprint for Expanding Defense Industrial Capacity

by Robert Almelor Delfeld, with contributions from Elbridge A. Colby

The reform package best adapted to generate the broadest possible corporate and state-based coalition is by focusing on strengthening what this report designates as the defense industrial “sub-base” (DISB).
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China’s “New” Diplomacy: Opportunities for American Statecraft

by A. Wess Mitchell and Christopher Vassallo

The People’s Republic of China has embarked on an ambitious diplomatic campaign to increase its influence in strategically-vital regions and burnish its credentials as a great power of global reach.
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No Sanctuary: The PLA’s Kinetic Threat to the Homeland

by William Kim and Elbridge A. Colby

Without adequate U.S. preparations, a large-scale—or even small but effectively targeted— PLA strike against the United States could be devastating, not only in terms of direct costs but on the ability of the United States to wage a war.
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Getting Strategic Deprioritization Right

by A. Wess Mitchell and Jakub Grygiel, Principal Co-Investigators; Elbridge A. Colby and Matt Pottinger, Contributors

Project prepared for the Office of Net Assessment, United States Department of Defense. Published with approval from the Office of Net Assessment.
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January 31, 2024

Will Europe Lose World War III?

UnHerd | UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks with Aris Roussinos, Elbridge Colby and Pippa Malmgren, about the possibility of World War III. Will 2024 be the year of a Third World War?...........
January 29, 2024

Jacek Bartosiak & Elbridge Colby: Failure of US Primacy

Strategy & Future | Jacek Bartosiak talks to Elbridge Colby about the failure of US primacy, world war, and the proliferation of nuclear weapons............
January 25, 2024

Where is US foreign policy heading?

Chatham House | Europeans are keen to understand the strategic debate in America about where US foreign policy is likely to head in the future. Elbridge Colby, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, discusses what US foreign policy should seek to achieve and what it should focus on..........
January 24, 2024

A Decade of Decline: The Need to Restore America’s Military Power

The Heritage Foundation | Join us as Sen. Roger Wicker, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, noted grand strategist Elbridge Colby, and former Green Beret Joe Kent discuss how we can reverse a decade of decline and restore America’s military power........
January 23, 2024

Why Should Americans Care About the Future of Taiwan?

The Morgan Ortagus Show | “Why should Americans care about the future of Taiwan? Elbridge Colby dived into why supporting democracy in the Indo-Pacific is crucial to American national security on ‘The Morgan Ortagus Show’. Catch our full interview on the Sirius XM app!”...........
January 20, 2024

VOA Korea: [워싱턴 톡] “‘타이완 전쟁’ 시 한국 스스로 방어해야…북한 남침해도 중국 격퇴가 우선” // [Washington Talk] “Korea must defend itself in case of ‘Taiwan War’… Even if North Korea invades South Korea, defeating China comes first.”

VOA Korea | American experts have pointed out that if war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait and the United States intervenes, Korea will have to defend itself. The explanation is that even if China instigates North Korea to attack South Korea, the US military's core forces will prioritize dealing with China, not the North Korean threat.
January 18, 2024

Rethinking Strategic Competition with China: A Conversation with Elbridge Colby

CSIS ChinaPower Podcast | In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Mr. Elbridge Colby joins us to discuss U.S. strategic competition with China. Mr. Colby stresses that he is most worried about the PRC military threat............
January 14, 2024

The Global Impact of Chinese Ascendancy Examined with Elbridge Colby

Lead-Lag Live Podcastast | Elbridge Colby, the architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy and author of "The Strategy of Denial," joins us to untangle the complex web of China's rise and its implications for global power dynamics...........
January 12, 2024

The U.S. has ‘a set of bad options’ in the Red Sea, says fmr. Pentagon official Elbridge Colby

CNBC | Elbridge Colby, former Pentagon official in the Trump administration and ‘The Strategy of Denial’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the U.S.-led coalition strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in....
January 12, 2024

The Impact of Taiwan’s upcoming Presidential Elections

Renaissance Macro Research | Former Pentagon official and defense strategy author Elbridge Colby joins RenMac to discuss The Impact of Taiwan's upcoming Presidential Elections. ..........