In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, we hear from Elbridge Colby, co-founder of the Marathon Initiative, former deputy assistant secretary of defense, and author of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Competition. Colby makes the case for a U.S. defense strategy focused on preventing Chinese hegemony in Asia by denying the Chinese military the ability to achieve faits accomplis–completed acts that violate the security and sovereignty of American allies and partners in Asia, thereby threatening the defensive perimeter critical to protecting American interests. Colby was the principal author of the 2018 National … Continue reading A Strategy of Denial