Source: BBC News World Service
Date: 02/03/2010
February 3, 2010 - In an interview with BBC News, CNAS Research Associate Travis Sharp discusses potential tradeoffs that may arise in allocating future U.S. military spending, suggesting we will reach a point "when defense spending may not be as much of a sacred cow."
| more |Author(s): Craig Whitlock
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 02/02/2010
February 2, 2010 - CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine comments in The Washington Post on the respect that Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has earned from lawmakers on Capitol Hill over his recommendations on controversial weapons programs. "There's a sense that he's minding the store," said Fontaine.
| more |Author(s): Gordon Lubold
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Date: 02/01/2010
February 1, 2010 - CNAS Researcher Travis Sharp analyzes the budgetary constraints on the ambitious strategic priorities outlined by the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review in a new article in The Christian Science Monitor.
| more |Author(s): Allen McDuffee
Source: Truthout
Date: 12/17/2009
December 17, 2009 - In an era when defense contractors monopolize technical expertise and determine pricing while Congress protects parochial interests, President Obama would do well to adopt lessons from French Defense, according to a recent Washington, DC think tank report.
| more |Author(s): Josh Rogin
Source: Foreign Policy's The Cable
Date: 12/09/2009
December 9, 2009 - CNAS Fellow Abe Denmark discusses the arms deal between the U.S. and Taiwan within the broader context of Sino-American relations in Foreign Policy’s The Cable.
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