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US defense budget

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

By David Kearn | Nuclear Weapons

The new US nuclear posture review is a major step backward

By Lisbeth Gronlund | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Biden’s nuclear posture review maintains nuclear status quo

By Emma Claire Foley | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A failure to review America’s nuclear posture

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

President Joe Biden is joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Office of Management and Budget acting Director Shalanda Young and congressional leaders as he signs the “Consolidated Appropriations Act" on March 15, 2022. The act will fund the federal government through September 2022 and provide more than $780 billion for the US military. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Are US threat assessments outpacing the military threats America actually faces?

By Joe Cirincione | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 1:13 a.m. Pacific Time Oct. 2, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. 191002-F-CG053-1002 (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong)

US defense to its workforce: Nuclear war can be won

By Alan Kaptanoglu, Stewart Prager | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

B-2 Stealth Bomber

Best of the 2021 Bulletin magazine

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change

parachute training

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

By Barry R. Posen | Analysis, Missile Defense