(Click here for a printable version of this interview) Gordon Adams is a professor emeritus of international affairs at American University and a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center. Formerly, he was a Fellow at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a professor at Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. From […]
Analysis of President Trump’s Proposed FY 2018 Pentagon Budget
Click here for a PDF version. The Fiscal 2018 budget outline presented by the Trump Administration includes a Pentagon spending request that is unlikely to please many members of Congress. Some will contend that the $52 billion increase to the Department of Defense compared to current FY 2017 levels is too low, while others will […]
Brief Analysis of Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Appropriations Conference Report
Click to view a PDF version of this factsheet. On March 2, 2017, the House Appropriations Committee released a copy of the Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Appropriations conference report. The House is scheduled to take up the conference report the week of March 6; the Senate could take up the measure sometime after that. Currently, […]
Major Differences Between House, Senate, & Conference Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Authorization Bills
Click here for a PDF version. Additional Resources: Senate Report on NDAA House Report on NDAA Conference Bill Summary (House) FUNDING, TROOP LEVELS AND POLICY ISSUES Total funding in the conference report: $618.7 billion, including $59.5 billion in the Overseas Contingency Budget [HASC Bill summary] House: Uses $18 billion in the OCO account to pay […]
Ask an Expert: Philip Coyle on National Missile Defense
(Click here for a printable version of this interview) In this installment of Ask an Expert, staff at the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation spoke with Philip Coyle about the U.S. National Missile Defense program. Coyle, who is a Senior Science Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, has a wealth of […]
