Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense

A New US Defense Strategy for a New Era: Military Superiority, Agility, and Efficiency

The changing global security landscape and worsening fiscal outlook demand significant adjustments to national security strategy and budgeting, according to an extensive, year-long study

Diplomacy in a Time of Scarcity

The United States faces unprecedented challenges in conducting diplomacy and development as it responds to the residuals of three wars and a constantly changing global environment. At the

With the United States facing large budget deficits, a major debate is underway in Washington DC over whether defense spending will be subject to cuts.

Unless Congress succeeds in agreeing

As the defense budget comes under increasing pressure, many have suggested nuclear weapons as an area for savings. But estimates of what the United States spends on nuclear weapons widely

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

Congressional Testimony

Dr. Gordon Adams, former senior White House budget official for national security and international affairs, Professor at the School of International Service at American University, and

Stimson's Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense project released its new report on security assistance policies, programs, and authorities: A New Way Forward: Rebalancing Security

A Leaner and Meaner Defense

The United States faces a watershed moment: it must decide whether to increase its already massive debt in order to continue being the world’s sheriff or restrain its military missions and

"Our diplomatic leaders - be they in ambassadors' suites or on the State Department's seventh floor - must have the resources and political support needed to fully exercise their statutory

Budgeting for National Security

March 5, 2010 — Gordon Adams, former Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, joined us for a discussion of the FY11 budget

Mike Hess, Assistant Administrator, US Agency for International Development, and Roy Williams, President, Center for Humanitarian Cooperation, will join us for a discussion on civil-military

Development in Afghanistan

Security for a New Century hosted Dr. Scott Guggenheim, senior policy advisor for AusAID’s National Program for Community Empowerment, Indonesia, and designer of the National Solidarity

Todd Harvey from the Defense Department's Office of Stability Operations and Chris Hoh from State's new Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization discuss Directive

Dr. Gordon Adams testifies before the House Armed Services Committee, on "Interagency National Security … Read More »

FY11 Budget and Securing Nuclear Materials

February 24, 2010 — Mr. Kenneth Luongo, President of Partnership for Global Security, and Dr. Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, joined

Gordon Adams, Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, will join us for a discussion on rebalancing the national security tool box. The Defense Department has emerged as the dominant tool of US

Following the Money

This report, Following the Money: The Bush Administration FY03 Budget Request and Current Funding for Selected Defense, State, and Energy Department Programs, analyzes key areas of both the

Gordon Adams appeared on Morning Edition on NPR to discuss US security spending. Listen to his speech Read More »

Looking to the Future: Anticipating the Long-Term Impact of Afghanistan’s Youth Bulge

By Elizabeth Cutler

The U.S. strategy to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan will require the U.S. to balance both the longer-term challenge of Afghanistan's demography and the

Military Reform and Innovation

Dr. Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a senior advisor to the Center for Defense Information, will join us for a discussion on military reform and

In the aftermath of September 11 and the U.S.-led operations against terrorist forces in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council authorized establishment of a 5,000-strong

June 7, 2010 — Three leaders of Afghan civil society joined us to discuss the role of civil society organizations in facilitating peace, security, and sustainable development in Afghanistan.

Larry Wilkerson, U.S. Army Colonel (retired) and former Chief of Staff of the State Department, leads part two of the SNC series on National Security Reform where he discusses his

The Rising Cost of Defense

Professor of Politics Daniel Wirls, at the University of California Santa Cruz, joined us for a discussion on escalating defense costs. From 2000 to 2008 defense spending increased over

Dr. Reuben Brigety II, director of the Sustainable Security Program at the Center for American Progress and assistant professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University, and Read More »

US Foreign Assistance and America’s Image Abroad

Dr. Lael Brainard, Vice President, The Brookings Institution, and Director of the Global Economy and Development Program, joined Ken Ballen, President of Terror Free Tomorrow, for a

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