Media

August 5, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on Global Demons with Robert D. Kaplan

Global Demons with Robert D. Kaplan | Why should the average American care about the China Threat? In this episode of the Global Demons Podcast, Host Robert D. Kaplan is joined by Elbridge Colby to discuss Chinese military and defense strategies and how the U.S. and its allies should engage with China in the future....
July 30, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in Foreign Policy Magazine

Foreign Policy | “From a military perspective, the focus really needs to be tightly on the Pacific, especially the first island chain and Taiwan,” said Elbridge Colby, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense during the Trump administration who helped craft the 2018 National Defense Strategy....
June 24, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on 47 News

47 News | As the conflict between the United States and China deepens and tensions in the Taiwan Strait are worried, Elbridge Colby, who participated in the formulation of the strategy for China as Assistant Secretary of Defense under the former US administration of Trump,....
June 24, 2021

Wess Mitchell testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on NATO 2030

House Foreign Affairs Committee | TMI Principal Wess Mitchell reflects on strengthening the transatlantic alliance in his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee #NATO2030.......
June 21, 2021

Pacific deterrence budget creates rift between Biden and Congress

Nikkei Asia | The confusion over the PDI shows that there is still debate over "how to deal with the China military challenge," even as the question of whether Beijing is a priority has been settled,....
June 15, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in POLITICO

POLITICO | While the initiatives would not be a silver bullet to solve the China problem, the efforts are an encouraging sign that the Pentagon is committed to moving resources....
June 13, 2021

Elbridge Colby Interviewed on C-SPAN

C-SPAN | Marathon Initiative’s Elbridge Colby and Center for American Progress' Max Bergmann talked about President Biden’s first overseas trip, plus other topics on foreign policy....
June 12, 2021

Wess Mitchell quoted in The Economist

The Economist | “We urgently need European nato to be able to handle more of the conventional deterrence burden in Europe,” says Wess Mitchell, a former American official who co-chaired a reflection group for Mr Stoltenberg last year, “so that in the event of a major crisis the United States can focus on China without calling into question the stability of the European theatre.”.......
June 9, 2021

Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal | At this point, the say-do gap is the problem,” said Elbridge Colby, a former Pentagon official who played a key role in developing the national defense strategy during the Trump administration....
June 9, 2021

Wess Mitchell Featured in Reservistenverband

Reservistenverband | „Das strategische Umfeld der NATO wird sich grundlegend von dem unterscheiden, was das Bündnis in den letzten drei Jahrzehnten gekannt hat“, sagte Mitchell in seinem Eingangsstatement.......