The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation supports the optimization of national security spending by curbing wasteful, ineffective and unnecessary spending. We promote increased oversight of the U.S. defense budget, reduced spending on nuclear weapons, and a shift away from the Cold War-era notion that military spending is worthwhile even if it doesn’t properly meet current security challenges. Doing so will save billions of valuable tax dollars as well as help to make America safer with the hard decisions our national security requires.
Recent Analysis on Defense Spending
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1071) December 12, 2025
- A House of Dynamite, Eisenhower and Lessons for Non-Proliferation November 13, 2025
- Emails between University officials reveal efforts to downplay military applications of hypersonics October 28, 2025
- One Person’s Pre-Watch Guide to ‘A House of Dynamite’ October 10, 2025
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 3838) as passed by the House Committee on Armed Services September 3, 2025
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2296) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services August 12, 2025
- Axios Future of Defense July 16, 2025
- Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book July 3, 2025
- Despite DOGE, Pentagon escapes Donald Trump’s budget cuts unscathed July 2, 2025
- Report: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Surpassed $100 Billion Last Year June 13, 2025
