Senior Policy Director John Erath was interviewed on RTÉ News, Ireland’s national television and radio broadcaster, about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to put Russian nuclear forces on high combat alert. “It’s clearly being done to send a message,” said Erath. Watch the interview
The U.S. Nuclear Inventory
At its peak, the United States had more than 31,000 nuclear weapons in its stockpile. Now, thanks to various arms control agreements and unilateral reductions, the United States has a total inventory of around 5,428 nuclear warheads.
Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2792)
as reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee (Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY22 Request; numbers may not add due to rounding) Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) Allocation FY21 Enacted FY22 Request SASC Authorization DoD Discretionary Base $635.5 billion $715 billion $740.3 billion DoE Discretionary Base $26.6 billion $27.9 […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4350) as Passed
As passed by the House of Representatives (Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY22 Request) Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) Allocation FY21 Enacted FY22 Request HASC Authorization DoD Discretionary Base $635.5 billion $715 billion $739.5 billion DoE Discretionary Base $26.6 billion $27.9 billion $28.2 billion Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)* $69 billion […]
NATO 2030: What the new Strategic Concept should say about nuclear weapons
By Shane Ward Eleven years after its last Strategic Concept, NATO faces its most critical self-assessment since the Cold War. “Our security environment is more complex and contested than ever before,” Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated earlier this year. “We are adapting to a more competitive world.” The new Strategic Concept, which establishes NATO’s “enduring […]
