Proposed US Arms Sales to Egypt Could Test New Conventional Arms Policy
…the 2014 Appropriations Act. The October 9 freeze marked the first time the United States suspended aid to Egypt, and created potentially significant complications for the 30-plus year US-Egypt security…
Exploring the Nexus of Food Security and National Security
…Global Food Security Report as part of the 2018 Defense Appropriations Bill that will be prepared for the Department of Defense over the coming year. Improving food security is the…
Nukes, the New Congress, and the Lost Art of Political Compromise
…spending large sums for strategic modernization programs. Nonetheless, these deals laid the basis for steep nuclear arms reductions when political conditions permitted. Similar tradeoffs occurred for New START’s ratification. With…
Russell Rumbaugh quoted in Huffington Post on the budget deal and upcoming Pentagon spending
…upward trend in Pentagon spending that ran from 1998 through 2010 is over, and significant growth in the Pentagon’s budget is not on the horizon. To read the full story,…
Gordon Adams is quoted in Los Angeles Times on proposed cuts to Pentagon spending
…spare the Pentagon budget from sharp declines as Congress grapples with pressure to reduce federal spending. The Army was already scheduled to shrink to 490,000 troops by 2015, but with…
Stimson study cited in Asia Times on military spending cuts
…military spending was still US$689 billion, or about 19% of the total federal budget. Under the new budget proposal, spending will be reduced to $496 billion. The public is war-weary…
America’s Nuclear Weapons Quagmire
…Nuclear Brass Tacks On the whole, the extremely high costs of these weapons will be a significant factor in the coming defense spending crisis. Spending $1.7 trillion dollars on new…
DOGE can save taxpayers $60+ billion by targeting DoD waste
…Pentagon spending cuts that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a department created to reduce waste and inefficiency in government spending, should consider: Cancelling or reducing spending on…