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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Why Is the U.S. Defense Industrial Base So Isolated from the U.S. Economy?

Gregory C. Allen and Doug Berenson discuss the isolation of the defense industrial base from the wider commercial economy and its implications for the DOD’s adoption of advanced technologies.

Commentary by Gregory C. Allen and Doug Berenson — August 20, 2024

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Cynthia Cook

Cynthia Cook

Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, International Security Program
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Gregory Sanders

Deputy Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, International Security Program

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MDA and the 2025 Budget

The CSIS Missile Defense Project will host an event featuring Lt. Gen. Heath Collins, Director, Missile Defense Agency. The discussion will explore the Agency's FY2025 programs, priorities, and budgets.

Event — June 6, 2024

Global Security Forum 2024: Gathering Strength in a Gathering Storm

Join the CSIS International Security Program for its annual Global Security Forum on April 24, 2024, featuring keynote discussions with General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Honorable Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence.

Event — April 24, 2024

Munitions Production Roundtable Featuring ASA(ALT) The Honorable Douglas R. Bush

The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) will host Hon. Douglas R. Bush, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, for a roundtable discussion on munitions production with DIIG Director Dr. Cynthia R. Cook and DIIG Senior Associate (Non-Resident) Dr. Alexis Lasselle Ross.

Event — February 5, 2024

Air Force Priorities in an Era of Strategic Competition

Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project and Defense Budget Analysis program on January 24 at 11:00am for a conversation on the Air Force’s budgetary priorities with the Under Secretary of the Air Force and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs.

Event — January 24, 2024

The National Defense Industrial Strategy: The Way Ahead

DIIG Director Dr. Cynthia R. Cook will speak with the Honorable Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale, the first Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (ASD(IBP)), on the DoD's new National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS).

Event — January 11, 2024