Defense Budget

Most. Dangerous. World. Ever.

The ridiculous hyperbole about government budget cuts.

BY MICAH ZENKO | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

You Can Leave Your Shoes On

Why sequester could make air travel a whole lot better.

BY JUSTIN HIENZ | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Hagel's Revenge

How Obama's new Pentagon chief can get back at his Republican enemies.

BY LAWRENCE J. KORB, LAUREN LINDE | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

A Stampede of Hysterics

America's generals are just as morally bankrupt as Congress.

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

War by PowerPoint

Is the White House using the Pentagon to fight the GOP?

BY GORDON ADAMS | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Obama Embraces Big Nuke Cuts

Obama and his advisors agree the U.S. needs fewer weapons.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Atomic Bond

Does Hagel’s nomination mean Obama will cut the nuclear arsenal?

BY KINGSTON REIF | JANUARY 30, 2013

Is America Training Too Many Foreign Armies?

Events in Mali show why it’s time to take a fresh look at the Pentagon’s military assistance programs.

BY JOHN NORRIS | JANUARY 28, 2013

Final Draft

Forty years after the end of conscription, can we fix the all-volunteer force?

BY PHILLIP CARTER | JANUARY 28, 2013

Continental Shift

Why the Pentagon should pay less attention to Africa.

BY GORDON ADAMS | JANUARY 25, 2013

The French Connection

Why is the United States paying for its ally's adventures in Africa?

BY PHILLIP CARTER | JANUARY 24, 2013

Behind the Rhetoric

The Pentagon starts to manage the defense drawdown.

BY GORDON ADAMS | JANUARY 15, 2013

Back to the Future

Missile defense doesn't work, so of course Congress is doubling it.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | JANUARY 9, 2013

The Fiscal Cliff Sequel

Why the Pentagon will only make a cameo appearance.

BY GORDON ADAMS | JANUARY 2, 2013

The Art of Snore

Can't we get some better defense ideas for $1.75 billion a day?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 2, 2013

Running Hills

Why senators shouldn't head the Pentagon or Foggy Bottom.

BY GORDON ADAMS | DECEMBER 20, 2012

The Checklist Manifesto

Five steps to getting the defense budget right.

BY LAWRENCE J. KORB | DECEMBER 12, 2012

Flexible Spending Accounts

The OMB's secret plan on what gets cut in sequestration.

BY GORDON ADAMS | DECEMBER 7, 2012

The Fissile Cliff

The bomb that could save the Pentagon.

BY TOM Z. COLLINA | DECEMBER 7, 2012

Quagmire on the Potomac

The Pentagon is a hot mess of known unknowns.

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Armageddon on a Budget

Don't worry, we can still nuke Russia even if we go over the fiscal cliff.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012

'Beyond the Pale'

The Pentagon responds to Micah Zenko.

BY GEORGE LITTLE | NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Offensive Maneuver

Why does Leon Panetta hate democracy?

BY MICAH ZENKO | NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Budget Agreement Reached!

5 think tanks warn of things to come for the Pentagon.

BY GORDON ADAMS | NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Pork Will Find a Way

How Congress can fund its pet projects -- even without earmarks.

BY LAURA PETERSON | NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Lies, Damned Lies, and Defense-Job Statistics

No, cutting Pentagon spending will not destroy local economies.

BY CHRISTOPHER PREBLE | NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Air Wars

How defense is playing in the 2012 campaign.

BY GORDON LUBOLD, KEVIN BARON, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Fight Night

How Barack Obama and Mitt Romney measure up on the seven foreign policy issues that really matter.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | OCTOBER 22, 2012

The Fiscal Slide

Five reasons the Pentagon will avoid the pain of sequestration.

BY GORDON ADAMS | OCTOBER 17, 2012

Not All That It Can Be

The myth of American military superiority.

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | OCTOBER 11, 2012