"I am signalling to China that my policy is status quo": Elbridge Colby, tipped to be Trump's national security adviser, on the balance of power in Asia

"If you look at the realistic situation in the UK and the state of the armed forces and spending prognosis and reindustrialisation, and you look at the UK's ability to project power, that is just not realistic." A devout Catholic of a liberal bent, after the war William Colby went to...

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Published inNew statesman (1996) Vol. 153; no. 5772; pp. 30 - 33
Main Author Ahmari, Sohrab
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London New Statesman, Ltd 04.07.2024
New Statesman Ltd
Subjects
Aircraft carriers
Armed forces
Balance of power
Chinese foreign relations
Colby, Elbridge
Government agencies
Interviews
Leadership
Political campaigns
Presidential aides
Presidents
Staff
United States foreign relations
United States
China
Middle East
United Kingdom > UK
Iran
United States > US
Asia
Europe
Russia
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Summary:"If you look at the realistic situation in the UK and the state of the armed forces and spending prognosis and reindustrialisation, and you look at the UK's ability to project power, that is just not realistic." A devout Catholic of a liberal bent, after the war William Colby went to work for the National Labor Relations Board. Once the Cold War kicked off, he took a post with the CIA in Europe, where he pushed for empowering the anti-Soviet left as a bulwark against Moscow's influence. Colby enshrined the bitter lesson of that experience in the Trump-era National Defense Strategy, a document whose development he oversaw at the Pentagon: namely, that the main threat to American security and power comes from rival powers China and Russia.
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ISSN:1364-7431
1758-924X