Participant Biographies

Elbridge Colby

Elbridge Colby

Research Analyst , Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
New START II

Mr. Colby is a research analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses. From 2009 to 2010, he served as policy advisor to the Secretary of Defense’s representative to the New START talks, serving both on the delegation in Geneva and then as point man for the treaty ratification effort. A term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Mr. Colby is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School.