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.

Photo by Lintao Zhang/Pool/Getty Images
On China, Minerals, and Power Competition
African leaders are at a crossroads along the U.S.-China axis of partnership as they evaluate governance of the mining sector and long-term economic development.
Commentary by Christian Géraud Neema Byamungu — December 12, 2022

Strategy and the Congressional National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — December 7, 2022

A World in Crisis: The “Winter Wars” of 2022–2023
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — November 15, 2022

Further Definitions of the Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — November 1, 2022
Past Events

Policy Brief Launch: Solving Food Insecurity Among U.S. Veterans and Military Families

On the Future of the Marine Corps: Assessing Force Design 2030

US Army’s Priorities with GEN McConville, Army Chief of Staff
Experts Preview the FY 2023 Defense Budget Request

A Conversation with GEN Van Ovost, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command

The Future of Security in Venezuela

Priorities and Challenges for the FY 2022 Defense Budget

Rethinking the Role of Remotely Crewed Systems in the Future Force
Experts

All content on Defense Budget and Acquisition
Filter by
Understanding DoD’s Defense-Wide Zero-Based Review
Brief by Seamus P. Daniels — September 4, 2019

Defense Spending and the New CBO Budget Projections for FY2020-FY2029
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — August 22, 2019

Acquisition of Software-Defined Hardware-Based Adaptable Systems
Report by Andrew Philip Hunter , Schuyler Moore , and Maura Rose McQuade — August 7, 2019

What Does the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 Mean for Defense?
Critical Questions by Seamus P. Daniels and Todd Harrison — August 5, 2019

Space Force or Space Corps?
Brief by Kaitlyn Johnson — June 27, 2019

A Conversation with U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan on Defending the Arctic
Event by John J. Hamre and Senator Dan Sullivan — June 26, 2019

How Would Sequestration Impact DoD in FY 2020?
Brief by Seamus P. Daniels — May 16, 2019

The FY2020 Defense Budget Request and the Need for a Real "Strategy Driven" Budget
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 1, 2019

Masterpiece Theater: Missed Opportunities for Missile Defense in the 2020 Budget
Brief by Tom Karako and Wes Rumbaugh — March 29, 2019

Army Modernization: Priorities to get to the Army of 2028
Event by Mark F. Cancian , Hon. Ryan D. McCarthy , and Representative Anthony Brown (D-MD) — March 21, 2019
