Elbridge Colby
American bureaucrat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elbridge A. Colby 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]
Quick Facts Personal details, Political party ...
Elbridge Colby | |
---|---|
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Relatives | William Colby (grandfather) |
Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Close
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.