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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Fixing the DOD’s Audit Problem
Commentary by Kristyn E. Jones — January 23, 2025

How Ukraine Rebuilt Its Military Acquisition System Around Commercial Technology
Report by Kateryna Bondar — January 13, 2025

Updating Augustine’s Law: Fighter Aircraft Cost Growth in the Age of AI and Autonomy
Commentary by Gregory C. Allen and Isaac Goldston — December 19, 2024

The Arsenal of Instability: How Expanding Western Defense Production Impacts Negotiations in Ukraine
Commentary by Alexander Palmer and Audrey Aldisert — December 17, 2024
Past Events

Meeting DoD’s Innovation Challenge: Adapting and Scaling Cutting-Edge Technology to Enhance Modernization

Managing Risk While Achieving Innovation: Lessons from the Collaborative Combat Aircraft with Hon. Andrew P. Hunter

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Funding Allied Innovation: Ensuring Advanced Capabilities for the Future Warfighter

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Implementing the National Defense Industrial Strategy: A Fireside Chat with the Honorable Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale

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Army UAS Roundtable featuring ASA(ALT) Hon. Douglas R. Bush and Commanding Gen. James E. Rainey, U.S. Army Futures Command

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AI Transformation at the DOD: A Conversation with Chief Digital and AI Officer, Dr. Radha Plumb

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MDA and the 2025 Budget

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Global Security Forum 2024: Gathering Strength in a Gathering Storm
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Readying NATO’s Defense Industrial Base for Its 100th Anniversary
Commentary by Audrey Aldisert and Cynthia Cook — July 8, 2024
A Threat Like No Other - The Russia-North Korea Alliance
Podcast Episode by Victor Cha, Maria Snegovaya, Jude Blanchette, and Sydney Seiler — July 1, 2024

“Using Artificial Intelligence to Rethink the Unified Command Plan”: Audio Brief with Benjamin Jensen
Podcast Episode by Benjamin Jensen — June 21, 2024

Using Artificial Intelligence to Rethink the Unified Command Plan
Report by Benjamin Jensen, Kathleen McInnis, and Jose M. Macias III — June 17, 2024
MDA and the 2025 Budget
Event — June 6, 2024
The G7 Should Act with Urgency to Support an International Claims Mechanism to Seize and Transfer Frozen Russian Sovereign Assets to Ukraine
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde and Ilya Timtchenko — June 6, 2024

MDA and the 2025 Budget
Transcript — June 6, 2024
Unpacking China’s Naval Buildup
Commentary by Alexander Palmer, Henry H. Carroll, and Nicholas Velazquez — June 5, 2024
The G7 Should Act with Urgency to Support an International Claims Mechanism to Seize and Transfer Frozen Russian Sovereign Assets to Ukraine
Commentary by Daniel F. Runde and Ilya Timtchenko — June 5, 2024
Unpacking China’s Naval Buildup
Podcast Episode by Alexander Palmer, Henry H. Carroll, and Nicholas Velazquez — June 5, 2024
