Elbridge Colby is co-founder and principal at The Marathon Initiative, a strategic think tank based in Washington. He previously served as U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development and is the author of "The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict."
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