Elbridge Colby Archives

August 7, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia | Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Elbridge Colby says he's worried about the possibility of China striking "big and early in a pretty surprising way", as laid out by NSW Liberal Senator Jim Molan....
August 4, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in Nikkei

Nikkei Asia | The Fumio Kishida government is considering increasing defense spending at a pace that will not be able to counter the threat from China. Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, who is visiting Japan, said in an interview with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun on the 4th that the defense budget should immediately be tripled from the current level.......
August 3, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in Asahi

Asahi | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. The Chinese government has warned that Pelosi will take "strong countermeasures" if she visits Taiwan, which is expected to increase tensions between the United States and China.......
August 2, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald | I turned to a well-regarded US strategist, Elbridge Colby, for guidance. Colby was the lead author of the US National Defence Strategy published in 2018.......
July 25, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed at Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Canadian Global Affairs Institute | How should countries deal with renewed power competition? Colin Robertson talks to Elbridge Colby's Strategy of Denial, and with John Gruetzner they explore the implications for Canada on #TheGlobalExchange.......
July 25, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on Hidden Forces

Hidden Forces | In Episode 261 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Elbridge Colby, co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, an organization whose mission is to develop the diplomatic, military, and economic strategies that the United States will need to navigate a protracted era of great power competition.......
July 23, 2022

Elbridge Colby Quoted In Nikkei Asia

Nikkei Asia | Elbridge Colby, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development, said that the situation over Taiwan is becoming increasingly dangerous and that Washington needs to be careful of the messages it sends......
July 14, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed for Foreign Policy Research Institute

Foreign Policy Research Institute | In a 2007 article for Orbis, Elbridge Colby argued, "deterrence is a security policy offering a way forward for the United States that is not only more effective because it is more tailored, but is also more moral than its alternatives."...
July 14, 2022

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on Ben Fordham Live

Ben Fordham Live (2 GB - 873 AM) | Former Defence Official at the Pentagon Bridge Colby says there has not been “enough focus” on the Western Pacific....
July 12, 2022

Elbridge Colby Featured in Discourse Magazine

Discourse Magazine | In many minds, the U.S. should be thinking very specifically about how to counter China because China is equipping and girding itself specifically to defeat the U.S. and any coalition it might assemble....