Elbridge Colby

Elbridge Colby
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
RelativesWilliam Colby (grandfather)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Elbridge A. Colby (born 1979/80) is an American national security policy professional who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development from 2017 to 2018 during the Trump administration.[1] He played a key role in the development of the 2018 U.S. National Defense Strategy, which, among other things, shifted the U.S. Defense Department's focus to challenges posed by China's rise.[2]

In June 2018, Colby was appointed as Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).[3] In 2019 he co-founded The Marathon Initiative with Wess Mitchell.

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  2. ^ "Elbridge Colby | The Marathon Initiative". April 14, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "CNAS Welcomes Elbridge Colby as Director of the Defense Program". www.cnas.org. Retrieved July 1, 2023.

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