Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense
The Stimson Center's Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program vision is to improve American national security at a lower cost to the American people. We seek to strengthen the capacity and capability of the US government to frame, resource, and execute foreign and national security policies and programs.
We provide pragmatic options for strengthening civilian foreign policy institutions and providing discipline and focus to defense institutions, with a particular focus on human and fiscal resources, structures, and planning and budgeting processes, and authorities. We communicate our analyses and proposals to policymakers, the media, and interested organizations working in the foreign policy and national security fields.
Our blog, The Will and the Wallet, is dedicated to providing insightful research and analysis on the budgets, authorities, institutions, structures, and processes that drive U.S. foreign affairs and defense policy.
Research News
Congressional TestimonyGordon Adams, Professor at the School of International Service at American University, and project director, has testified numerous times before Congress on defense spending and national security issues. His testimony is featured below.
On July 7, 2011 Dr. Adams testified before the House Budget Committee. The hearing was titled "Budgeting for America's National Security." His full
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What We Bought: Defense Procurement from FY01 to FY10
By: Russell Rumbaugh Oct 31, 2011- Prevailing wisdom on defense spending in the past decade asserts that despite the large amount spent, we did not modernize our weapons systems. In reality, the military services did take advantage of increased procurement funding to modernize their forces, although not always as expected. This paper analyzes procurement
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Infographics
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May 05, 2010
Geographic Distribution of Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and Section 1206 Funds, FY06-FY09 -
June 11, 2010
Africa: Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and Section 1206 Funds, Fiscal Years 2006-09 -
September 27, 2010
Central and South Asia: Foreign Military Financing and Section 1206 Funds, Fiscal Years 2006-09
Videos
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March 02, 2011
Matthew Leatherman on Voice of America -
February 25, 2011
Disciplining the Defense Budget -
October 21, 2010
Anticipating National Security Priorities of the 112th Congress
Experts
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Gordon Adams Distinguished Fellow
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Russell Rumbaugh Co-Director
Staff
- Matthew Leatherman Research Analyst
- Sarah Schaffer Research Associate