InterviewU.S. needs 'alliances that work': former Trump defense official
Elbridge Colby argues for greater command integration between Japan and the U.S.
U.S. Marines and members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade take part in joint military exercises in an island near Okinawa in November 2023. © Reuters
TSUYOSHI NAGASAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer
September 11, 2024 16:29 JST
TOKYO -- As U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump head into the final stretch of their election campaigns, a former Trump administration defense official argues that the ex-president seeks not isolationism, but alliances that will truly benefit the American people.