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'''Elbridge Colby''' is the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the [[Trump 2.0]]. In this role, he is the principal advisor to the [[Secretary of Defense]] on matters of defense and [[foreign policy]].

'''Elbridge Colby''' is the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the [[Trump 2.0]]. In this role, he is the principal advisor to the [[Secretary of Defense]] on matters of defense and [[foreign policy]]. Colby is the grandson of assassinated former [[CIA]] director [[William Colby]].

Colby is the grandson of assassinated former [[CIA]] director [[William Colby]].

According to internal affairs analyst [[Andrew Korybko]], the [[Trump Doctrine]] is shaped by Elbridge Colby's "Strategy Of Denial".

 

The "Trump Doctrine" is all about the [[US]]' continued [[military]] overmatch vis-à-vis [[China]] together with placing the US in a position where it can complementarily deny China access to the [[energy]] and [[market]]s that it requires to maintain its growth and thus its [[superpower]] trajectory.

 

[[Trump 2.0’]]'s grand [[strategy]] became clear when the US bombed [[ISIS]] in [[Nigeria]] on [[Christmas]] 2025, executed its "special military operation" in [[Venezuela]] kidnapping [[President Maduro]], and threatened more strikes against [[Iran]] on the pretext of supporting anti-government protesters. What these three states have in common is their important roles in the global energy industry and in China's [[Belt & Road Initiative]] (BRI).

 

Coercing those countries into subordinating themselves to the [[US]] (whether by [[tariff]]s, force, [[subversion]], etc.) would result in [[Trump 2.0]] obtaining influence over their [[energy]] [[export]]s and [[trade]] ties, which could be [[weapon]]ized to pressure [[China]]. What the US wants from China is for it to agree to a lopsided [[trade]] deal that would then be replicated with the [[EU]] and the US; other partners for, as the new [[2025 National Security Strategy]] states, "rebalanc[ing] [[China]]'s [[economy]] towards household consumption".

 

The implied goal is to coerce China into correcting its overproduction, which is responsible for its unprecedented global exports that displaced [[the West]]'s leading role in world trade and led to enormous influence over the [[Global South]], thus restoring the West's global market share and influence. Such a radical policy change would have major [[economic]] and therefore [[political]] repercussions that could destabilize China, not to mention ending its superpower rise, so it wouldn’t be done voluntarily.

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