Elbridge Colby, a former deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy and force development, said in interviews with leading news outlets that Washington should not “break its spear” fighting for South Korea against the threat from North Korea while China poses the main challenge to U.S. interests in the region.
Ex-Trump official's blunt statements on alliance rattle South Korea
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Mr. Colby said he favors a more modest strategy of preventing China from becoming a global hegemonic power through methods like the containment policy toward the former Soviet Union.
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