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What’s the difference between Indo Pacific and Asia-Pacific? Regional control for the US or China
Indo Pacific? Asia-Pacific? Asean Indo Pacific? The ongoing debate on diplomatic nomenclature was in sharp focus on Monday as leading geopolitical researchers waded into the ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Did China's military-industrial-complex czar pass secrets abroad?
China's drive to create a 21st century military-industrial complex has hit an obstacle: A key official leading it is under investigation by the country's top anti-corruption a...
By Elbridge Colby
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'You have to know how to hit a curveball': Trump’s Pentagon choice fights to win over doubters
The knocks on President Donald Trump’s defense-secretary-in-waiting have been circulating for months behind closed doors in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Pat Shanahan is t...
By Elbridge Colby
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‘Fort Trump’ for Poland? Not Quite.
The Trump administration has been mainly focused on the strategic threat from China in recent months, but U.S. President Donald Trump is signaling that he is keeping at least ...
By Elbridge Colby & Rachel Rizzo
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Trump's attacks on Iran complicate trade war with China
The Trump administration has abandoned Obama-era engagement of both China and Iran in favor of pressure and confrontation. This has pushed Beijing and Tehran closer together, ...
By Elbridge Colby
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As Shanahan heads to Asia, Iran tensions threaten Pentagon's 'great power' focus
As acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan heads to Asia on Tuesday to deliver a major policy speech on the region, increasing tensions with Iran threaten to upend the ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?
On Sept. 10, 2001, the George W. Bush administration had a view of American national security that, in 24 hours, was buried under the rubble of the World Trade Center. The day...
By Elbridge Colby
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U.S. Pacific Commander Seeks More Funding to Counter China
The commander in charge of U.S. military operations in the Pacific wants Congress to give the command more money for defense programs to counter China, reflecting his concerns...
By Elbridge Colby & Eric Sayers
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The Trials of Patrick Shanahan
Since he took the reins of the U.S. Defense Department from James Mattis on Jan. 1, Patrick Shanahan has been, at best, stuck in limbo. Shanahan found both his competence and ...
By Elbridge Colby
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‘America First’ or America alone? In debut on world stage, acting Pentagon chief must answer for Trump.
In a six-day trip that took him to four cities on two continents, acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan came face to face with one consistent reality last week: the discor...
By Richard Fontaine & Elbridge Colby
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Democrats could stymie nuclear arms race after US leaves pact
Congress can do little to halt the U.S. withdrawal from a nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, if President Donald Trump is determined to do so. But Democrats could have o...
By Elbridge Colby
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Ready to Compete? America’s Military and Technological Edge
About a year after the National Defense Strategy was launched, what progress has been made when it comes to America’s edge against its great power rivals? And what role do gre...
By Elbridge Colby, Nina Kollars, Tanvi Madan & Roger Zakheim
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After Mattis, Acting Defense Chief Shanahan Is Trying Out for Permanent Role
When Pat Shanahan, who now serves as acting defense secretary, arrived at the Pentagon in 2017 as the Defense Department’s No. 2, he aimed to inject the massive bureaucracy wi...
By Elbridge Colby
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U.S. to Suspend Obligations Under 1987 Nuclear Treaty With Russia
The U.S. said it plans to withdraw from a 1987 nuclear treaty with Russia, setting up potential development of new missiles to counter China, current and former American offic...
By Elbridge Colby & Eric Sayers
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The New Iron Curtain: Russian Missile Defense Challenges U.S. Air Power
North from Syria, along the borders of Eastern Europe and rounding the Arctic Circle to the east, Russia has built a ring of air defenses that threaten the reach of the U.S. m...
By Elbridge Colby
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The National Defense Strategy a Year Later: A Small Wars Journal Discussion with Elbridge Colby
Let’s unpack the notion of principled realism at the core of both NDS and NSS. How is the world perceived through the lens of the principled realism? What type of internationa...
By Elbridge Colby
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U.S. Increasingly Concerned About a Chinese Attack on Taiwan
The U.S. Defense Department is increasingly concerned that China’s growing military might could embolden it to launch a full-out attack on Taiwan. A new assessment of China’s...
By Elbridge Colby
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As One Arms Treaty Falls Apart, Others Look Shakier
The impending collapse of a Cold War-era treaty banning U.S. and Russian intermediate-range missiles is spurring broader concerns about the very future of arms control. Respon...
By Elbridge Colby
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U.S. Gives Russia a Deadline on Nuclear Treaty
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday that the Trump administration would begin the formal process to scrap the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty wi...
By Elbridge Colby
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U.S. military edge has eroded to ‘a dangerous degree,’ study for Congress finds
The United States has lost its military edge to a dangerous degree and could potentially lose a war against China or Russia, according to a report released Wednesday by a bipa...
By Elbridge Colby