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CNAS’ Colby on Nuclear Strategy, Deterrence, Developing New Capabilities, INF Treaty
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Bridge Colby, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force planning — one of the authors of the Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy — n...
By Elbridge Colby
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The INF Treaty hamstrings the U.S. Trump is right to leave it.
Commentary
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
Commentary
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
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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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Audio: Even With Failures, North Korea's Nuclear Program Races Ahead
On NPR's All Things Considered, senior fellow Elbridge Colby discusses the dangers of a North Korean nuclear weapons program, even when many of their tests are failures....
By Elbridge Colby
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The National Security Transition
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On January 20th, 2017, a new President will take the oath of office. It is one of the most quintessentially American moments, the peaceful transition of leadership in the worl...
By Michèle Flournoy & Elbridge Colby
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A Ready, Modern Force: Ready for Today, Prepared for Tomorrow
Experts from the CNAS Defense Strategies and Assessments Program participated in a panel discussion on defense spending. Senior Fellows Jerry Hendrix, Paul Scharre, and Elbrid...
By Elbridge Colby, Paul Scharre & Jerry Hendrix
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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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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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Elbridge Colby before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Elbridge Colby testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces on adapting U.S. nuclear strategy and posture to a more contested and competitive wor...
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
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Terrible But Justified: The U.S. A-Bomb Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Were the atomic bomb attacks on Japan in August 1945 justifiable? As the world marks the 70th anniversary of these momentous and terrifying events, it is important to ask this...
By Elbridge Colby
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Elbridge Colby on Russia's Military Modernization
By Elbridge Colby
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Changing Tides in South China Sea
China’s rapid effort to build artificial islands in the South China Sea is far more than a diplomatic challenge. For China’s neighbors and the United States, it could soon bec...
By Elbridge Colby
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The United States, NATO, and Dissuading Russian Aggression
This past June, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that Washington would pre-position heavy military equipment in eastern and central Europe, a move that would ...
By Elbridge Colby
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NATO Needs a Nuclear Strategy Update
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ministers meeting in Antalya, Turkey earlier this month heard from the alliance’s supreme military commander that Russia is using threatenin...
By Elbridge Colby
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Elbridge Colby before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Robert M. Gates Fellow Elbridge Colby testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on “China’s Offensive Missile Forces: Implications for the United...
By Elbridge Colby
