Defense Budget and Acquisition

The Defense Budget Analysis Program, the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, and the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy track the foremost budget issues in the defense policy sphere.

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Photo: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Photo: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Innovate or Die: The Army Transformation Initiative and the Future of Allied Land Warfare

Russia is adapting fast from wars in Ukraine, Israel, and Iran. NATO must act now or risk battlefield irrelevance. The U.S. Army’s Transformation Initiative should lead in reform, experimentation, and joint action to prepare allied forces for the fight ahead.

Commentary by Maj. Gen. Matthew Van Wagenen, Col. Arnel P. David, and Benjamin Jensen — July 10, 2025

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Photo: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor via DVIDS

Enabling Forward Sustainment

Report by Cynthia R. Cook, Nicholas Szechenyi, Henry H. Carroll, Audrey Aldisert, Sarah Hendrick, and Javier Nater — June 26, 2025

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Cynthia Cook
Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department