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defense spending

To enhance national security, the Biden administration will have to trim an exorbitant defense wish list

By David Kearn | Nuclear Weapons

Artist's concept shows future ICBM blasting into sky

Best of 2021: Emerging experts on nuclear risks and climate change

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

A Northrop Grumman Facebook post from September 2019 about its program to produce the United States' new intercontinental ballistic missile, known as the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent.

Interview: Tom Collina of the Ploughshares Fund on the politics of defense spending

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk

The United States needs to cut military spending and shift money to two pressing threats: pandemics and climate change

By Mandy Smithberger | Nuclear Risk

B-2 Stealth bomber at air base in Iceland

Why President Biden needs to revisit—and reduce—his defense budget

By Lawrence J. Korb | Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Technology and Security

parachute training

A new transatlantic division of labor could save billions every year!

By Barry R. Posen | Analysis, Missile Defense

An F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter from the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, at Eglin AFB in Florida. US Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen

Introduction: Can we make overspending on the military politically costly?

By John Mecklin | Uncategorized