Research Analyst Monica Montgomery was quoted in Forbes about the Biden administration’s decision to fund a new nuclear-armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile, known as SLCM-N, in his fiscal year 2022 budget request. “Putting nuclear-armed missiles back on the conventional surface or attack submarine fleets of the Navy is a real cause for concern,” says Monica Montgomery […]
Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book
Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) Allocation FY 21 Enacted FY 22 Request Department of Defense $703.7 billion $715 billion Department of Energy & Other Agencies $37 billion $37.9 billion Total, National Defense Spending Request $740.7 billion $753 billion (+1.7%) [Source: Department of Defense, FY 2022 Budget Briefing] Total Nuclear Weapons Spending Agency FY21 Enacted FY22 […]
MEMO: Advice to President Biden on Arms Control With Russia
By John Erath It was announced this week that President Joe Biden will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Geneva. As one who focuses on non-proliferation and arms control for a living, I hope these issues will feature prominently on the agenda. And, as one who spent many years preparing policy makers […]
Op-ed: Deterrence, Not Domination: How to Deal with a Rising China
Senior Fellow John Isaacs wrote an op-ed in The National Interest arguing that deterrence, not domination, is the best way to deal with a rising China. “Many American leaders have expressed concern over great power competition between the United States and China, often alluding to—if not downright calling for—a military confrontation. However, the United States should […]
Op-ed: Missile Defense is Not a Substitute for Arms Control
Executive Director John Tierney and Research Analyst Samuel Hickey co-authored an op-ed in War On the Rocks arguing that bringing up missile defense in strategic stability talks with Russia is a point of leverage for the United States, not the other way around. “President Ronald Reagan had a dream of an impregnable shield that could swat away […]
