Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development Elbridge Colby

Intelligence Matters

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🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development Elbridge Colby about his new book The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict and whether the U.S. military is ready for a new era of great power competition. Colby discusses doubts amongst analysts in the U.S. ability to win a war against the Chinese military. He notes that there is substantial bipartisan agreement that China is the biggest threat against the U.S.

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0:00.0	This is Intelligence Matters with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morel,
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0:12.0	I think from what I can tell, you know, I mean,
0:16.4	and something that's happened during the Cold War II, I think there was a lot of
0:19.8	focus after 9-11 for very good reason on the counterterrorism threat.
0:23.4	We've kind of got to get back to the sort of the kind of espionage basics of
0:28.4	intelligence, obviously espionage, but also technical intelligence collection methods.
0:32.0	But just trying to get after these really hard targets, particularly China, but also Russia.
0:35.4	I mean, I think that's especially, and again, you would notice infinitely better than I,
0:38.9	but in an era of kind of ubiquitous electronic, you know, surveillance and connection,
0:43.0	that's probably tough, but I think we need to try to do our best.
0:51.7	Bridge Colby is co-founder and principal of the Marathon Initiative,
0:55.6	a project focused on developing strategies to prepare the United States for an era of
1:00.2	sustained great power competition.
1:02.8	He served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development
1:06.9	from 2017 to 2018, where he led the preparation of the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
1:14.4	Bridge joins us today to talk about America's progress in preparing for a national security
1:19.2	environment that we could face for decades.
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1:25.2	I'm Michael Moral, and this is Intelligence Matters.
1:28.8	This is CBS News Business Analyst Jill Slesinger.
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