Defense Budget and the Cost of War

Burke Chair reports on the Defense Budget assess the complex mix of challenges facing America’s defense spending plans including strategy, force levels, and long-term and short-term goals

Reports include analysis of America’s military posture shifting away from wars of counterinsurgency to strategic partnerships with regional allies, assessment of US budget requests, and the impact of sequestration and other defense spending cuts on US deterrence and warfighting capabilities.

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The National Security Economics of the Middle East: Comparative Spending, Burden Sharing, and Modernization

The economics of national security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have changed dramatically since 2001.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 23, 2017

Before You Cut Foreign Aid to Fund Defense, Consider Where it Goes and What it Does for U.S. Troops and National Security

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 13, 2017

The Wrong Presidential Memorandum on Defeating ISIS and an Uncertain Memorandum on Rebuilding the U.S. Military

The furor over the Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry to the United States, much of which is focused on legal issues and human rights, is one of three Presidential national security actions that raise serious questions about their contents, the rush to draft them, and the lack of clear coordination with the Departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 2, 2017