Publications

October 30, 2023

English Version – Elbridge Colby, former Pentagon advisor: “The United States is not ready for a high-intensity war with China”

Descifrando La Guerra | But overall the Biden Administration is not moving with anywhere near the requisite urgency, scale, or speed to address the threat China poses.........
October 20, 2023

China sees Russia partnership as crucial to its great-power ambitions and is developing ability to ‘win wars’: Pentagon

South China Morning Post | US Defence Department calls out Beijing for ‘providing material support’ to Moscow in Ukraine war and heaping military pressure on Taiwan.........
October 19, 2023

A 155 mm artillery strike on Biden’s defense trade-offs delusion

Washington Examiner | Elbridge Colby and Alex Velez-Green have repeatedly emphasized this point. I disagree with them on some of the weapons trade-offs for Ukraine and Taiwan..........
October 17, 2023

Why Putin’s visit to China is a joint show of defiance towards US-led West

South China Morning Post | “[There is] a massive mismatch between strategy and resources,” Elbridge Colby, a China hawk and former deputy assistant secretary of defence under Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump, commented..........
October 12, 2023

Buck Brief- Elbridge Colby

The Buck Sexton Show | Elbridge Colby is an American national security policy expert who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development from 2017 to 2018 during the Trump administration.........
October 11, 2023

The gathering storm

Washington Examiner | “The threat from China has not dissipated in the slightest while our defense spending and industry remain basically status quo as threats multiply,” former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby wrote........
October 11, 2023

South Korean arms makers seek to crack U.S. market amid Gaza war

Nikkei Asia | Elbridge Colby, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development, told Nikkei Asia,.......
September 18, 2023

World Events Are Not Going America’s Way

The Spectator | There is a foreign policy strategy to manage this much more dangerous era, one proceeding from a sober-minded focus on our core national interests and prioritizing dealing with our prime great power rival, China......
September 14, 2023

Delfeld: The Military Strategy of ‘Deterrence by Denial,’ Rightly Understood

National Review | Strictly speaking, a strategy of deterrence by denial is about preventing a war in the Pacific, particularly over Taiwan, by first achieving a favorable balance of allied military power that will enable conditions for détente.......
September 9, 2023

First-term Trump defense official: “US diplomacy is not ‘charity’…// 트럼프 1기 국방관료 “美 외교는 ‘자선’ 아니다…

Chosun Ilbo | The United States is engaged in a 'global struggle' with China over the future of the world order,” said Elbridge Colby, a former deputy deputy deputy secretary of strategic power development.....