Assumption Testing: Multipolarity is more dangerous than bipolarity for the United States
…defensive coalitions that make conquest far more difficult. Under bipolarity, in contrast, certain factors tend instead to produce military spending and arms races, creating a far riskier environment in which…
US and Japan Would Benefit By Working Together to Strengthen Their Alliance
…Pentagon’s honest concerns, the U.S. can encourage serious thinking on Japan’s part about its role within the alliance and its own defense spending. Officials of the Japanese government should be…
First Full Accounting of US Counterterrorism Finds US has Spent $2.8 Trillion
…consistent definition limits the ability of policymakers and the public to gain accurate spending data and make rational policy assessments. “Without clear definitions or reporting standards for counterterrorism spending, key…
Getting the Balance Right
…lead on economic reconstruction and development while the U.S., through NATO, led on the military side. Although defense spending is at the heart of security spending, there are enduring differences…
Rethinking the Threat: Why China is Unlikely to Invade Taiwan
…defense spending. Lockheed Martin won the contract to develop the F-35 on October 26, 2001, while the rubble at Ground Zero still smoldered.92James Dao With Laura M. Holson, “Lockheed Wins…
Looking To The Future: Anticipating The Long-Term Impact Of Afghanistan’s Youth Bulge
…cut by Rep. Nita Lowey, chair of the House Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations Appropriations ($3.9 billion). Based on reports of local corruption and lack of accountability for American…
Nuclear Visions and Nuclear Budgets
…on both defense and non-defense discretionary spending by $75 billion, the president is show- boating for his core domestic constituencies while trying to undermine Republican claims he is weak on…
Is the Sky Really Falling?
…AIA CEO Marion Blakey is back on the hustings, telling the Senate Defense Appropriations subcommittee that another round of sequester could cut $147 billion in defense acquisition over the next…