Defense Budget and Acquisition
The Defense Budget Analysis Program and the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy track the foremost budget issues in the defense policy sphere.
China Outpacing U.S. Defense Industrial Base
China’s defense industrial base is moving to a wartime footing, while the United States is largely in a peacetime stance. Absent urgent changes, the United States risks weakening deterrence and undermining its warfighting capabilities against China and other competitors.
Report by Seth G. Jones and Alexander Palmer — March 6, 2024
Pulling Their Weight: The Data on NATO Responsibility Sharing
Report by Kathleen McInnis, Daniel Fata, Benjamin Jensen, and Jose M. Macias III — February 22, 2024
Cost and Value in Air and Missile Defense Intercepts
Commentary by Wes Rumbaugh — February 13, 2024
Air Force Priorities in an Era of Strategic Competition
Transcript — January 24, 2024
Past Events
Strengthening Australia-U.S. Defence Industrial Cooperation: Keynote Panel
Reforming the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Process
Munitions Production Roundtable Featuring ASA(ALT) The Honorable Douglas R. Bush
Air Force Priorities in an Era of Strategic Competition
The National Defense Industrial Strategy: The Way Ahead
Canada’s Role in Global Maritime Security
Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base with Hon. Dr. William A. LaPlante
Strategic Landpower Dialogue: A Conversation with Secretary Christine Wormuth & General Randy George
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European Warfighting Resilience and NATO Race of Logistics: Ensuring That Europe Has the Fuel It Needs to Fight the Next War
Brief by Anna Dowd, Dominik P. Jankowski, and Cynthia Cook — June 28, 2023
The Reality in Ukraine
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — May 19, 2022
Russian Defense Expenditure and Military Modernization
Event — December 4, 2019
NATO’s “Brain Death” Burdensharing Blunders: Focusing on the Right Investment, Force Strength, and Readiness Needs
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — November 21, 2019
Contested Seas: Maritime Challenges in Northern Europe
Event — April 12, 2018
NATO’s Emerging Challenges: Speech to 11th Allied Land Command Corps Commanders’ Conference, Valencia, Spain
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 24, 2017
The Russian Military-Industrial Complex
Event — June 20, 2017
The Russian Military of 2035
Event — May 24, 2017
2017 Global Forecast
Report by Craig Cohen and Josiane Gabel — December 15, 2016
Undersea Warfare in Northern Europe
Event — July 22, 2016