Lockheed Seeks to Save Troubled F-35 With Exaggerated Job Claims
It's a time-tested ploy. When a weapons system can't be justified based on cost, capabilities, and need, the manufacturer touts how many jobs the program will create. So it is with Lockheed Martin and...
View ArticleMore Transparency Is Needed on the Pentagon’s Military Aid Programs
Providing military and police aid to the security forces of other nations — also referred to as security assistance — has become a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s foreign policy. The programs...
View ArticleThe black hole of Pentagon foreign aid
During Sunshine Week, Americans celebrate access to public information as a cornerstone of democratic accountability. Only by knowing what our government is spending, and what policies it is carrying...
View ArticleCandidates and budget: What do we value as a nation?
In less than a year’s time, one of the candidates in last week’s Michigan primary will take office as president of the United States. The new president’s first and most important responsibility will be...
View ArticleLockheed Martin, Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way
Lockheed Martin held its annual media day this week, and CEO Marillyn Hewson assured those attending that the company was financially sound and poised to lead the industry in developing the next...
View ArticleEl Salvador’s Violence: No Easy Way Out
In an attempt to understand the different sources and dynamics of violence, the Center for International Policy and the Latin America Working Group Education Fund traveled to El Salvador late last...
View ArticleU.S. Security Cooperation with GCC Countries
U.S. involvement with the Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen is increasingly concerning as human rights organizations question the coalition's adherence to international law
View ArticleCorruption in Military Aid Undermines Global Security
This week the government of the United Kingdom is hosting a conference of leaders in business, government, and civil society aimed at tackling the urgent problem of global corruption. The conference’s...
View ArticleArms Sales As a Foreign Policy Tool
The next president should end the practice of using arms sales as an instrument of foreign policy, says William Hartung, director of the arms and security project, in this Burning Issues video
View ArticleObama After Hiroshima: From Words to Action
President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima this morning was a piece of history. He rose to the occasion in his remarks, speaking eloquently not only of the need to eliminate nuclear weapons but also...
View ArticleThe Foreign Policy Blueprint Hillary Shouldn’t Follow
Two weeks ago the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a report entitled “Extending American Power: Strategies to Expand U.S. Engagement in a Competitive World Order.” It could just as...
View ArticleStop Playing Games With The Pentagon Budget
Defending the United States and its allies is serious business. That’s all the more reason Congress should stop playing games with Pentagon spending. A good place to start would be to put aside...
View ArticleCongress Is Right To Ground The Runaway Blimp
When the JLENS air surveillance blimp cut loose from its moorings in Maryland and crashed in central Pennsylvania last fall, it raised serious questions about the future of the $2.7 billion program....
View ArticleWhy Is the United States Still Backing Saudi Arabia in Yemen?
This month’s White House visit by Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) underscores the growing influence of the Saudi defense minister, who is the driving force behind the kingdom’s catastrophic war...
View ArticlePentagon Pork Revealed in Three Amendments
Watching the House of Representatives debate Pentagon policy and budgeting isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, to put it mildly. But for those who have time and access to C-SPAN or the House’s own streaming...
View ArticleOn Nuclear Dangers, Hillary Should Beat Trump Hands Down
Today’s foreign policy speech by Hillary Clinton was designed to demonstrate that Donald Trump has neither the knowledge nor the temperament to serve as commander-in-chief. She succeeded. And as...
View ArticleObama Shouldn’t Trade Cluster Bombs for Saudi Arabia’s Friendship
When President Obama visits Saudi Arabia this week for a meeting with representatives from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, he should avoid doing what he did at Camp David last May, the last...
View ArticleCongress Should Demand Wiser, Not More, War Spending
There’s too much slush in the supplemental, as shown by the fourfold jump in spending per deployed servicemember
View ArticleHow to Arm a “Volatile” Planet
Not surprisingly, since Hollywood rakes in billions of dollars annually from the rest of the planet for entertaining us all, weekly news about its business successes and failures is a regular feature...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration Has Brokered More Weapons Sales Than Any Other...
The world may be in turmoil, but the American arms industry is cashing in
View Article