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.

Illusions of U.S. Foreign Policy

by Jakub Grygiel

Built on the conviction that political order is engineered through a top-down process, Western foreign policy assumes that the state apparatus creates domestic order, while international institutions and rules build global order. Accordingly, what establishes a more efficient and lasting order is nothing more than the right application of power in its military, economic, or institutional forms.
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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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December 30, 2023

US-China Tensions: What Lies Ahead?

NHK Japan | There are concerns that the coming Taiwan presidential election, along with disputes in the South China Sea, will increase US-China tensions. We will discuss the future of US-China relations in 2024............
December 24, 2023

日本も台湾も大きな間違い犯した」 米元国防幹部が語る危機とは // “Japan and Taiwan made a big mistake” What is the crisis that a former U.S. defense executive talks about?

Asahi | “The presidential election of Taiwan will be held in January next year. Mr. Elbridge Colby, who was the deputy assistant deputy undersecretary of defense in the Trump administration, says that the security around the Taiwan Strait is a serious situation due to the impact of the war in Ukraine and the Middle East.”..........
December 23, 2023

Japan’s Patriot-missile transfer to U.S. stuns Indo-Pacific watchers

Nikkei Asia | “Japan's decision to ship Patriot missiles to the U.S. to help backfill stocks of air-defense systems for Ukraine has surprised analysts focusing on Indo-Pacific affairs…...
December 21, 2023

‘Escalating Tensions’ – Elbridge Colby on Biden’s China Policy, Taiwan’s Dilemma, & Global Hotspots.

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........
December 12, 2023

Dan Bongino Podcast: This Was A Warning

The Dan Bongino Show | Elbridge Colby receives a notable reference from Dan Bongino at the 31st minute of Dan’s episode discussing the threat posed by China’s Communist government in general and its cyberattacks in particular............
December 8, 2023

Where is the “International” in “International Order” – with Elbridge Colby

Midrats Podcast | "With a few exceptions on the sidelines by Japan and France, what has been clearly apparent in the last two months has been the absence of the International Community's..........
December 8, 2023

Washington Journal: Elbridge Colby on U.S. Aid to Ukraine

C-SPAN | "Elbridge Colby talked about Senate efforts to approve additional funding for Ukraine and the implications of further assistance on other U.S. national security concerns."........
December 5, 2023

The Most Dangerous Moment: A Debate on America’s Role in the Pacific | Uncommon Knowledge

The Hoover Institute | Elbridge Colby joins Dan Blumenthal in a fascinating interview with Peter Robinson of The Hoover Institute’s Uncommon Knowledge program to discuss and debate the U.S. response to China. ...........
December 4, 2023

Washington’s Top China Hawk Talks TikTok, Taiwan & Trump

On with Kara Swisher | Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin is on a mission to raise the alarm bell on the Chinese Communist Party and rethink America's approach to China...........
December 2, 2023

워싱턴 톡] 타이완 사태 대비 주한미군 재편 필요…한국, 대중 ‘첨단투자 유의해야 // Washington Talk: U.S. Forces in Korea Need to be Reorganized in Preparation for the Taiwan Crisis…

VOA Korea | 진행: 조은정 / 대담: 마크 케네디 (Mark Kennedy, 윌 슨센터 '와바 전략경쟁' 연구소장), 엘브리지 콜비 (Elbridge Colby, 전 미국 국방부 전략군사 담당 부차 관보) // Hosted by: Cho Eun-jung / Interview with Mark Kennedy, director of the 'Waba Strategic Competition' Institute at the Wilson Center;a..........