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
- Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill December 22, 2022
- Op-ed: ‘Old Think’ Is Driving U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy December 17, 2022
- Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (Senate Amendment to H.R. 7776) December 13, 2022
- Fact Sheet: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter November 16, 2022
- The U.S. Defense Budget and Russia’s War on Ukraine November 15, 2022
- 2022 Nuclear Posture Review November 8, 2022
- ‘SOME STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION:’ BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW CUTS SOME UNNECESSARY PROGRAMS, ALLOWS SOME COLD WAR STRATEGIES TO CONTINUE October 27, 2022
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (S.4543) October 13, 2022
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 7900) July 26, 2022
- Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book March 30, 2022
