China “historically has conducted high-end drills and wargames in the South China Sea in mid-to late summer. Exercises like these can quickly turn into more than that, warns the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Samuel Paparo.”

Considering recent Chinese military advancements, Paparo said in February, “soon we’ll be at a point where a force sufficient to execute a profound military operation is in the field and operating under a fig leaf of exercise.”

We are writing checks we can’t all cash under our current policy.

Some friendly advice:

Europeans who try to shame and guilt trip Americans when it comes to Ukraine or NATO will have a harder time gaining access to various conservative 🇺🇸 foreign policy elites. Using ad hominems and straw men is not helpful. The “America first” (Nazi…

'private sector lobbies for higher value-added inputs tend to be highly concentrated both in terms of market share and geographic distribution...much easier to generate a raw materials lobby spanning necessary majorities, if not supermajorities, of states and their legislators'

Mankosmash Elbridge Colby Agreed. We can and should give them the weapons they need.

But 🇺🇸 forces should not get involved.

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US says China sending Russia engines for drones & cruise missiles, machine tools for ballistic missiles, chips for missiles, tanks & aircraft. Chinese & Russian groups working to jointly produce drones in Russia
- partly based on newly declassified intel
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We must be super realistic as the potential for another Middle East war looms. We simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a large Middle East war.

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Elbridge Colby It would make perfect sense for China to invade Taiwan if the US gets sucked into a war with Iran.

Worth a listen.
Keep talking about China, because it’s the primary threat. That’s just a fact.
It’s refreshing to hear an interviewer who was prepared and asked intelligent questions (an uncommon occurrence here in the US imo), and I hope the Taiwanese are listening, too.

Great to join Taiwan Talks to talk about the urgent issues facing Taiwan and America from China - and what to do about it.

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Elbridge Colby Every dollar or yen spent now will count for far more saved in money & lives later, either by preventing war, or by winning it.

“China and Russia are more firmly aligned now than at any time since the 1950s.”

But this means we need to focus *more not less* on China and Asia. Why? Because we can assume they would collaborate to distract and deplete us from the decisive theater. 1/ foreignaffairs.com/china/putin-an…

MPodczarski Polecam poczytać/posłuchać Colbiego. Może runąć obraz USA jako hur dur mocarstwa bez ograniczeń.
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It is great to join my friend Masashi MURANO🚀 for this frank discussion in Voice編集部📢 about the U.S.-Japan alliance and how it must urgently adapt to address the challenge of a rising China.

Elbridge Colby The actual industrial part of China's GDP which is relevant in an arms race is growing even faster.

The pleasure was very much mine, my friend!