Bridge Colby, the co-founder and principal at the Marathon Institute who is the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development during the Trump administration where he was the official leading the development of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, discusses his book “The Strategy of Denial: Defense in the Age of Great Power Conflict,” how China plans to fight, how the United States and its allies need to deter China and other powers, creating and maintaining an Anti-Hegemonic Coalition, countering a united alliance among China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, and what constitutes good and bad strategy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. This conversation is part of a series of discussions with leading thinkers and strategists and dedicated to the memory of Andy Marshall, the former director of the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, and sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The Strategy Series is not affiliated with the Andrew W. Marshall Foundation.

Welcome to the DEFAERO Strategy Series, our discussion with leading thinkers on security, business and technology, Dr. Frank Hoffman, a distinguished research fellow at the National Defense University who is among America’s leading strategists and the author of “Mars Adapting: Military Change During War,” discusses the strategies America needs to prepare for future challenges, how strategies shape adversary behavior, lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan, how to accelerate innovation cycles, the “four faces” of strategy formulation and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. This conversation is part of a series of discussions with leading thinkers and strategists and dedicated to the memory of Andy Marshall, the former director of the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, and sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The Strategy Series is not affiliated with the Andrew W. Marshall Foundation.

Welcome to the Defense & Aerospace Report’s Strategy Series, our discussion with leading thinkers on security, business and technology. Michael Bayer, former Defense Business Board chairman and president of the Dumbarton Strategies consultancy, discusses the critical need for Defense Department leaders to increase agility, improve how they think about the challenges and solutions, revamp their approach to talent management if the United States is to better address the challenges the nation faces with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. This conversation is part of a series of discussions with leading thinkers and strategists and dedicated to the memory of Andy Marshall, the former director of the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, and sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The Strategy Series is not affiliated with the Andrew W. Marshall Foundation.