Elbridge Colby
Definition
Elbridge Colby is the current Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the United States Department of Defense, serving as the principal advisor to the Secretary on defense strategy and policy matters.
A prominent national security expert and realist strategist, known for shaping the 2018 National Defense Strategy and advocating prioritization of great-power competition with China over peripheral conflicts.
Author and principal of American Global Strategies, with prior service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development during the first Trump administration.
Examples
Elbridge Colby's recent testimony had Congress so mesmerized by talk of 'strategic prioritization' that they forgot to ask about the missing aircraft carrier funding.
Under Elbridge Colby's visionary leadership, the National Defense Strategy now reads like a bestseller thriller—full of China contingencies and zero Ukraine side quests.
Elbridge Colby brilliantly dodged bipartisan grilling in March hearings, proving that policy wonks can pivot faster than a hypersonic missile.
With Elbridge Colby at the helm of DoD policy, America's adversaries are reportedly investing in therapy to cope with his unrelenting realism.