Elbridge Colby is an American defense strategist who has been under secretary of defense for policy, the Pentagon's top policy official, since 2025; the administration also calls the post under secretary of war for policy. During the first Trump administration Colby was deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development. Colby is the author of The Strategy of Denial, a book on U.S. defense strategy.
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Reuters reports that Pentagon officials, including Elbridge Colby, asked Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to tone down their rhetoric on Russia. Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal says Estonia will stay outspoken; the Pentagon declines to comment.
