RealClearPolitics Podcast

China and the Strategy of Denial with Elbridge Colby

Episode Summary

In this re-airing of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” host John Sorensen and RCD Editor David Craig speak with Elbridge Colby, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development under President Trump, and the lead official in the development of the 2018 National Defense Strategy. He is the co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, a non-profit research organization focused on developing US strategy. Most recently Colby is the author of "The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict" in which he lays out the case for challenging China’s rise and preparing the US to defend the region.

Episode Notes

In this re-airing of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” host John Sorensen and RCD Editor David Craig speak with Elbridge Colby, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development under President Trump, and the lead official in the development of the 2018 National Defense Strategy. He is the co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, a non-profit research organization focused on developing US strategy.

Most recently Colby is the author of "The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict" in which he lays out the case for challenging China’s rise and preparing the US to defend the region.

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