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INF Treaty Defenders Raise the Risk of Nuclear War
President Trump last year announced the U.S. would withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. That made sense because Russia was violating the pact and C...
By Elbridge Colby & Rep. Mike Gallagher
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U.S. eyes Southeast Asia ties to check China ambitions
For the United States, competing with China must now be our national priority, as indicated in multiple US high-level documents. But the US is not competing for its own sake. ...
By Elbridge Colby
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How to Win America's Next War
The era of untrammeled U.S. military superiority is over. If the United States delays implementing a new approach, it risks losing a war to China or Russia—or backing down in ...
By Elbridge Colby
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US helps those who help themselves
The threat to Taiwan from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is increasing — sharply. Beijing is putting the nation under tremendous political pressure, but the military thr...
By Elbridge Colby
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What Does German History Actually Say About German Defense Spending?
Few aspects are more sensitive in Germany’s fraught relationship with history than the role and status of its military. Indeed, many Germans seem to think that, given its past...
By Elbridge Colby
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Respond to INF Collapse with Blunt Layer, Not a Repeat of Euromissiles
The INF Treaty has collapsed on the basis of Russian violation. Many seem to think that we are on the verge of a repeat of the 1980s, complete with Russian missiles aimed at E...
By Elbridge Colby & Walter B. Slocombe
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Take India’s Side, America
The moment of maximum danger in the latest India-Pakistan conflict appears to have passed. But after a major attack by Pakistani militants on an Indian military base in Kashmi...
By Elbridge Colby
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Is the Pentagon Truly Committed to the National Defense Strategy?
As Senate and House committees examine the Trump administration’s proposed defense budget for fiscal 2020 — it totals three-quarters of a trillion dollars — the first and most...
By Elbridge Colby & James N. Miller, Jr.
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Against the Great Powers: Reflections on Balancing Nuclear and Conventional Power
The fundamental problem facing U.S. national security — and indeed grand — strategy is clear: The United States seeks to extend deterrence to dozens of allies in parts of the ...
By Elbridge Colby
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The INF Treaty hamstrings the U.S. Trump is right to leave it.
The Trump administration has announced that it plans to withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty of 1987. This treaty banned the United States and Russ...
By Elbridge Colby
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If You Want Peace, Prepare for Nuclear War
In a little under three decades, nuclear weapons have gone from center stage to a sideshow in U.S. defense strategy. Since the 1990s, the United States has drastically reduced...
By Elbridge Colby
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The Pentagon must modernize before it’s too late
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the Pentagon has a genuinely new strategy: Focus on our rivals — Russia and, in particular, China — and maintain a competitiv...
By Robert O. Work & Elbridge Colby
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Nuclear Weapons Aren’t Just For the Worst Case Scenario
Recent reports suggest that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insistently asked an anonymous foreign-policy expert why the United States should not u...
By Elbridge Colby
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Don't Scrap America's Alliances. Fix Them.
Does the United States benefit from having allies? In recent months, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has voiced skepticism about the value of co...
By Elbridge Colby
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Commentary: What happens if pope rejects 'just war' theory?
Recent events in Rome indicate that some influential figures in the Vatican want Pope Francis to use his next encyclical to jettison the "just war" theory as the way the churc...
By Elbridge Colby
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U.S. ‘Ambiguity’ on Taiwan Is Dangerous
If China were to attack Taiwan, would American forces come to the island’s defense? It is hard to know because the U.S. maintains a policy of “strategic ambiguity” concerning ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Russia's Evolving Nuclear Doctrine and Its Implications
In this report, Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow Elbridge Colby provides a baseline of Russian thinking on how Moscow sees its options for nuclear employment. Mr. Colby argues th...
By Elbridge Colby
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Countering Russian Nuclear Strategy in Central Europe
In this collection of essays, Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow Elbridge Colby highlights discusses countering Russian nuclear strategy in central Europe. The collection, titled "...
By Elbridge Colby
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Countering Russian Nuclear Strategy In Central Europe
The Setting Conflict involving Russia has become materially more plausible in Eastern Europe in recent years. Coupled with Russia’s increased focus on manipulating its large a...
By Elbridge Colby
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America Must Prepare for 'Limited War'
AMERICA’S MILITARY preeminence is eroding. As the Pentagon and defense experts are becoming increasingly fervent in insisting, there are growing challenges to the dominance of...
By Elbridge Colby