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Los Angeles Times | So U.S. officials have privately been pressing another lesson from Ukraine: The United States and other countries can help Taiwan defend itself, but only if the Taiwanese show that they are ready and willing to fight.........
Manila Bulletin | “If China really wanted to reliably be able to coerce Manila, it would want the ability to use direct military force, and the reality is that China is going to have that ability,” said Elbridge Colby, former deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development of the US Department of Defense........
The 1020 Podcast | In today's Episode Ralph speaks with Elbridge A. Colby (@ElbridgeColby on Twitter).......
The Philippine Star | The Stratbase Institute recently organized a briefing with war expert and author, Elbridge Colby. Colby was the US Assistant Secretary of Defense responsible for defense strategies, armed forces development and analysis of war-related policies. Colby’s talk was a sobering wake-up call for us Filipinos........
The Manila Standard | Manhit cited these developments from a book recently launched by Stratbase ADRi titled, “The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict,” authored by Former US Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development........
La Monde | For Elbridge Colby, former Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense (2017-2018), “a real defeat for Russia would leave Beijing quite isolated internationally”. Author of the book The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict (Yale University Press, 2021, untranslated), Elbridge Colby explains to Le Monde that, in his opinion, "the Chinese will support their Russian ally but will try to avoid paying an excessive price........
La Monde | For Elbridge Colby, former Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense (2017-2018), “a real defeat for Russia would leave Beijing quite isolated internationally”. Author of the book The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict (Yale University Press, 2021, untranslated), Elbridge Colby explains to Le Monde that, in his opinion, "the Chinese will support their Russian ally but will try to avoid paying an excessive price........
Ricochet | We jet eastward and then into the ether this week, unfortunately without our pal James Lileks who’s vacationing somewhere on planet Earth. Our first guide is Elbridge Colby, who explains why we better not sleep on the Pacific theater............
Japan Times | Elbridge Colby, who helped write the Pentagon’s 2018 National Defense Strategy as deputy assistant defense secretary for strategy and force development, said the German move would also heap external pressure on Japan to spend more...........
Channel 4 News | After his meeting with fellow Western foreign ministers today in Brussels, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that President Putin could open a “Pandora’s box of trouble” for the entire world, adding that Nato did not seek conflict, but “if conflict comes to us, we are ready for it”..........