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Reason May 2008 Veronique de Rugy	The Trillion-Dollar War The War on Terror is now more expensive than Vietnam or World War I -- but the dishonest way Washington is paying for it may prove costliest of all.
Reason July 2007 David Weigel	Hawks and Hogs Why no one dares attack the waste in U.S. defense spending.
National Defense December 2010 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.	Military Spending: How Much Defense Will the American People Support? The American public must become better educated about the budget process and national security. Citizens should be aware that the current trends of government spending can be ruinous and unsustainable.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 John Keller	2009 DOD budget: A Safe Bet We'll have a new president by the time the next DOD budget request comes out, and Bush looks like he has left any hard decisions up to the next chief executive.
National Defense August 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Five Key Questions About the Defense Budget Here are some of the key questions that policymakers should bear in mind when it comes to the defense budget.
Parameters November 2004 Augustus W. Fountain Iii	Transforming Defense Basic Research Strategy The US armed forces currently enjoy an unprecedented level of technological superiority across the full spectrum of military threats.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 John Keller	Defense industry upbeat; military spending to stay healthy over next decade Predictions released last month say that U.S. defense spending will grow to an annual $609.4 billion over the next decade.
Parameters Autumn 2004 Nader Elhefnawy	National Mobilization: An Option in Future Conflicts? Despite a great deal of hand-wringing on the part of social critics, the really difficult question was not asked: Would a World War II-scale mobilization even have been possible after 9/11 if it had been deemed an appropriate response?
The Motley Fool May 25, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	Uncle Sam's Shopping Spree Defense stocks are in a sweet spot, but how long will it last?
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 John Keller	Defense spending: Is the ride over? U.S. defense spending over the last decade is peaking in fiscal year 2006, which began Oct. 1, and will begin a slow downward slide at least through 2016.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007 John Keller	Pentagon Budget Faces Tough Battle on Capitol Hill President George W. Bush for 2008 has submitted to Congress one of the largest-ever budget requests for the U.S. DOD, but the Pentagon's proposed budget faces perhaps its toughest battle in Congress in the last 15 years.
Salon.com September 1, 2001 Anthony York	Breaking into the lockbox Thanks to his massive tax cut, President Bush is under pressure to raid the Social Security surplus to fund his budget -- and some liberal Democrats agree.
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Bigger Budgets Disguise Larger Fiscal Dilemmas Nowhere is the financial outlook for the Defense Department more uncertain than in the procurement budget.
National Defense August 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Support for U.S. Troops Should Always Rise Above Partisan Politics Heated debate continues over the impact of $1 trillion in automatic spending cuts to the federal budget that could begin next year.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 John Keller	DOD Budget Keeps Growing, Despite the Odds Top-ranking experts in government and industry have been warning of substantial impending cuts in defense spending for the past 18 months, yet when Pentagon leaders released their 2007 spending proposals, the numbers just kept on growing.
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Howard Gleckman	The Budget: Hey Guys, Get Real President Bush says he wants to cut the deficit in half by 2009. Here's why that's not likely to happen.
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Robert J. Barro	Why the Second Half Looks More Solid Every Day Bigger defense outlays, improved global security, and economic stimulus should keep fueling a U.S. recovery
National Defense November 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell	Plenty of Resources, But Even Greater Demand The politics of military spending have reached fever pitch as Congress attempts to pass the Defense Department's fiscal year 2008 budget and weighs massive war spending requests.
National Defense April 2013 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.	10 Reasons to Reform U.S. National Security Policy The U.S. security enterprise must be reformed to bring foreign policy in line with national values, and to enable improved fiscal health at the federal level.
Parameters Autumn 2008 Michael Lind	A Concert-Balance Strategy for a Multipolar World The United States is a superpower in search of a strategy. The neoconservative vision of unilateral US global hegemony lacks public support, but its critics have failed to propose a credible alternative capable of guiding US national security.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2003 David Drickhamer	Department Of Defense Goes Global Congressional debate over defense-spending requirements mirrors U.S. consumers' growing ambivalence over where products are made.
Parameters Autumn 2006 Stephen J. Coonen	The Widening Military Capabilities Gap between the United States and Europe: Does it Matter? Military and political experts on both sides of the Atlantic assert that the widening military capabilities gap between the United States and Europe creates a more challenging environment for transatlantic cooperation.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller	Election Aftermath: What's in it for the Military? One potential target of the new Congress is the large supplemental spending budgets that fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John Keller	Defense budgets headed down, no matter who's in the White House In fact, fuel prices should have a much broader influence on defense spending over the next several years than who's resident in the White House.
National Defense March 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Tough Decisions on Future Military Roles and Missions A new commander in chief next year will decide if and when U.S. troops will leave Iraq.
National Defense April 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	The Coming Challenge for Defense As we observe ongoing war developments, defense strategy and budget trends, it is impossible to not notice that red flags are everywhere.
Parameters Summer 2005 Harry S. Laver	Preemption and the Evolution of America's Strategic Defense In practice as much as in policy, America's defense doctrine must include more sophisticated and nuanced diplomatic initiatives and humanitarian programs, efforts designed to reduce the underlying sources of terrorist motivation and recruitment.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2004 Brian Gorman	Defense Budget Boom The U.S. defense budget continues to rise and boost the major defense companies. But the war on terror may force some programs into early retirement.
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Cash-Flow Troubles Continue Despite Hefty Emergency Allowance For the Army, the upcoming budget season is shaping up to be a competition between "boots" and "hardware," even though officials have argued that they should not have to trade one for the other.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004	Book Reviews Reconstructing Eden: A Comprehensive Plan for the Post-War Political and Economic Development of Iraq... The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad... Defense's Nuclear Agency, 1947-1997... Diem's Final Failure: Prelude to America's War in Vietnam... etc.
National Defense March 2010 Harvey M. Sapolsky	The Enemy the Pentagon Should Fear Most: Health Care The threat that is most likely to hobble U.S. military capabilities is not an international competitor, but health care.
Parameters Autumn 2008	From the Editor An overview of the topics covered in the issue including Congress allocating the annual defense budget as a specific percentage of the gross domestic product, the pros and cons of effects-based operations, and the risks of nuclear energy.
Parameters Autumn 2004 Joseph R. Nunez	Canada's Global Role: A Strategic Assessment of its Military Power Formally joining Northern Command, just as Canada did with NORAD, would confirm that the relationship between Canada and the United States is a model of liberal interdependency suitable for emulation.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 John Keller	U.S. Military Stretched Thin at Just the Wrong Time Pressure is mounting from all sides to reduce spending for sophisticated U.S. military equipment and weapons, and it's coming at the wrong time.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 John Keller	Defense Spending to Decrease Over Next Decade; Procurement and RDT&E to be Hit Hard The U.S. defense budget will decline 21.3 percent over the next decade according to the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association's (GEIA) annual 10-year forecast for defense spending.
Salon.com August 28, 2001 Robert Scheer	Bush's budget goes for broke The new budget numbers make it clear that the president's tax cut was aimed at bankrupting the treasury all along...
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 John Keller	Taking the Pulse of Defense Spending As the war in Iraq has become a political sore spot, we can expect the Pentagon's leaders to hunker down to the status quo on military spending at least through the presidential election in November
National Defense March 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell	Defense Budget Sets Stage for Tough Choices Ahead As Congress continues to dissect the details of the Bush administration's proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2008, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the nation's military faces a worrisome financial future.
National Defense May 2010 Conetta & Knight	For National Security's Sake, The Pentagon Has to Tighten its Belt President Obama has called for a freeze on most federal agency spending, notably exempting national defense.
Parameters Autumn 2006 Bernard Stancati	The Future of Canada's Role in Hemispheric Defense What will Canada's future role be in continental defense, both short and long term, in a post-9/11 defense and security environment?
CFO March 1, 2008 Edward Teach	Thriller The federal government's annual report is not for the faint of heart.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007 John Keller	DOD Electronics Spending to Drop Along with Overall Decline in Procurement Leaders of the DOD propose spending slightly more than $28.1 billion in fiscal year 2008 for procurement and research in communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence technologies, which would represent a 4% decrease from current-year levels.
Parameters Autumn 2004	Book Reviews In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat. By Rick Atkinson... America's Inadvertent Empire. By William E. Odom and Robert Dujarric... The Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet. By James Mann... The Iraq War. By John Keegan... etc.
Popular Mechanics November 8, 2006 Noah Shachtman	Rumsfeld Reaction: 4 Policy Battles That Could Shape Our Military When President Bush appointed former CIA Director Robert Gates to the Defense Secretary post today, several of Donald Rumsfeld's pet projects began to enter the political crossfire.
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	How Astronomical War Budgets Threaten U.S. National Security It is safe to assume that defense budgets will stay high as long as U.S. forces remain in Iraq, and then they will fall. Based on historical trends, the defense budget always takes a dive after a major war. But this time around the defense spending boom may suffer an unparalleled bust.
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Robert N. Charette	Advice for the Next U.S. President: Fix Military Acquisitions Several leading defense acquisition experts offer a few observations and recommendations for the next president.
CFO October 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick	Losing Battles Two decades of failed Pentagon financial reforms put more than just dollars at risk. And serious reform in so enormous an organization will still take a Herculean effort.
Salon.com May 2, 2001 Fiona Morgan	Missile defense goes global Bush seeks to woo Europe while violating our hallmark arms control agreement with Russia. Analysts react to the president's speech...
National Defense January 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense, Industry Upheaval Defined By 10 Key Moments Here's a look back at 10 key moments that defined the decade for the military and the defense industry.
Parameters Autumn 2008 Steven L. Schooner	Why Contractor Fatalities Matter Apprising the American public that the true human cost associated with military operations includes contractors and exceeds 6,000 is critical to making informed decisions for the future.