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
- Op-ed: Planned expansion of Savannah River Site nuclear weapons facility needs environmental commitment April 3, 2024
- Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book March 25, 2024
- Are Nuclear-Armed Nations Entering a New Arms Race in 2024? Experts Weigh In. January 21, 2024
- Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2670) December 12, 2023
- The Latest Nuclear Boondoggle? November 17, 2023
- 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