For far too long, militarism and corporate interest have corrupted national security policy. As a result, the United States has seen more than 20 years of warships that don’t sail, aircraft that don’t fly, and weapons that don’t fight – all with little to no oversight or accountability to the American taxpayer.
The National Security Reform Program seeks to advance rational policies to meet the national security challenges facing us today, while providing more effective and accountable solutions to defense matters beyond spending more money.

Prioritize strategic stability and accountability over a dangerous and unsustainable search for supremacy.
November 26, 2024

The next administration should strengthen oversight and transparency to protect against military waste
November 25, 2024
Julia Gledhill welcomes Sarah Yager (Human Rights Watch) and Yumna Rizvi (Center for Civilians in Conflict) to The Un-Diplomatic Podcast
November 15, 2024
How exactly do police end up supermilitarized? Part of the answer are obscure programs called 1033 and 1122. Stimson Center's Julia Gledhill joined the founders of the Women for Weapons Trade Transparency (W2T2) on The Un-Diplomatic Podcast to explain.
November 9, 2024

Provisions in this year's NDAA would allow military contractors to gouge taxpayers even more
November 4, 2024

At the current spending rate, in another generation we will have a lot of rich contractors and no aircraft or Naval fleets to speak of
October 21, 2024

Julia Gledhill joins the Squaring the Circle podcast to discuss new reporting the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution at DOD
September 25, 2024

Dan Grazier joins the Squaring the Circle podcast to discuss issues of acquisitions, the defense industrial base, and the defense budget
September 25, 2024