Elbridge Colby

Elbridge Colby is co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, a policy initiative focused on developing strategies to prepare the United States for an era of sustained great power competition. He is the author of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict.

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Elbridge Colby Christianity & National Security 2023

During Providence‘s Christianity & National Security in 2023, Elbridge Colby gave a lecture where he discusses China, realist foreign policy…

Elbridge Colby Christianity & National Security Conference 2022

During Providence‘s Christianity & National Security Conference in 2022, Elbridge Colby discusses the People’s Republic of China, American grand strategy,…

Elbridge Colby Christianity & National Security 2021: The United States and China

During Providence’s Christianity and National Security Conference, Elbridge Colby discussed US-China relations.

True North, Ep. 15: Values or Interests in US Foreign Policy Toward China?
True North, Ep. 15: Values or Interests in US Foreign Policy Toward China?

In this episode of True North, Daniel Strand and Marc LiVecche speak with Elbridge Colby to discuss his recent National Interest essay, “Interest, Not Values Should Guide America’s China Strategy.”

A World Free from Nuclear Weapons? A Happy Hour Discussion - Elbridge Colby Matthew Kroenig Rebeccah Heinrichs Drew Christiansen
A World Free from Nuclear Weapons? A Happy Hour Discussion

In the latest Prov-Happy Hour on November 30, a distinguished panel—featuring Marathon Initiative co-principle Elbridge Colby, Georgetown professor Matthew Kroenig, and…