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Commentary

Assessing the 2011 Defense Cuts

Michael O'Hanlon | Dec 27, 2011
How much defense-budget cutting is too much?

Cut Defense Spending

Lawrence J. Korb
Christopher A. Preble
| Jun 16, 2010
We’re breaking the bank. America can’t afford to defend the world any longer.

Fred Thompson's Defense Diatribe

Ted Galen Carpenter | Nov 15, 2007
Presidential candidate Fred Thompson says that the United States needs to radically increase the defense budget. But is that really the best way to ensure American security?

Blogs

Strength vs. Spending

Christopher A. Preble | Sep 27, 2011
We spend too much on our military because we ask our troops to do too much. To spend less, we must do less.

U.S. China Hawks Perpetuate East Asian Free Riding

Ted Galen Carpenter | Sep 07, 2011
China's bullying behavior and Washington's perverse incentive structure mean things in East Asia will only get worse.

U.S. Grand Strategy and the Debt Crisis

Christopher A. Preble | Jul 21, 2011
Fewer troops + less money + more missions = a hollow force. It simply isn’t realistic to expect a single country to underwrite the security of the entire planet.
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