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
- Time To Fund the OPCW September 29, 2026
- The Costs of False Security: The Fallacy of National Missile Defense, the Golden Dome and Nuclear Weapons in Space September 28, 2026
- 2026 Annual Conference: $1 Trillion and Counting: The Pentagon Budget Squeezing Our Real Security September 16, 2026
- 25 Years Later: Reflecting on the Human and Financial Costs of September 11 September 11, 2026
- $1 Trillion and Counting: A Deep Dive Into the Pentagon Budget September 8, 2026
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 4784) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services July 9, 2026
- The Wrong Way July 8, 2026
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8800) as passed by the House Committee on Armed Services June 24, 2026
- France’s New Nukes and the Future of European Security June 8, 2026
- Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book May 6, 2026
