Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY23 Request FY23 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) *Does not include mandatory spending or any emergency spending, including […]
Why the US sending Patriot air-defence systems to Ukraine isn’t just about hitting Russian missiles
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC News (Australia) about missile systems the West has provided Ukraine. “It’s not really about the air defence, it’s not really about the missiles — this is much more of a political thing,” John Erath, senior policy director for the US Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told the […]
Op-ed: ‘Old Think’ Is Driving U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
Senior Fellow John Isaacs wrote for The National Interest about the Pentagon’s counting problem, Cold War mentality, nuclear weapons and China. The dawn of the nuclear age changed every aspect of military calculations except for, unfortunately, the Pentagon’s counting skills. The United States continues to bear the consequences of this failure every day. With the […]
Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (Senate Amendment to H.R. 7776)
Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY23 Request FY23 requested levels come from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book Numbers may not add due to rounding Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Authorization (050) *Does not include mandatory spending or any emergency spending, […]
Op-ed: Russia’s self-defeating move in pausing nuke talks with US
Research Analyst Connor Murray wrote an op-ed in Responsible Statecraft explaining why it was self-defeating for Russia to cancel arms control talks with the United States. “Russia’s announcement on November 28 that it would postpone arms control talks with the United States was yet another signal that its current leadership is choosing a path detrimental to arms […]
