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: Comparison of Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2670/S. 2226) as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate August 29, 2023
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services July 18, 2023
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2670) as passed by the House Armed Services Committee July 7, 2023
- Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book April 4, 2023
- Op-ed: The Republican Call for Defense Budget Cuts Appears Real February 13, 2023
- 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
