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All items tagged military spendingOpen Think Tank ArticlesSeptember 30, 2011 | Re-Engineering the Transatlantic Security and Defence RelationshipStanley R. Sloan: As NATO leaders prepare for the May 2012 summit in Chicago, the allies should review their security priorities, redefine defense spending quotas, reaffirm their commitment to global partnerships, reinforce links with Turkey, and find ways to make better use of non-military resources. ... MoreSeptember 19, 2011 | Security Despite Austerity: Europe's DefenseEditorial Team: Drastic cuts to defense spending put Europe’s security at risk. As budgets bend to economic pressure, defense ministries urgently need to reform in order to cut waste, improve capability and maintain security. What can European states do to make defense spending more efficient? ... MoreSeptember 15, 2011 | Beyond Pooling and Sharing: Open Europe's MarketsRobert Helbig: Europe should integrate its national defense capabilities not only in training and deploying troops, but also in research, development and procurement. States must open their national defense markets to increase competition, lower equipment prices and make spending more efficient. ... MoreOctober 20, 2010 | Defense Cuts: How do We Get More Bang for Our Buck?Editorial Team: Across Europe, governments are being forced to rationalize spending on their militaries in what is fast becoming an age of austerity. Aside from changing the fundamental make-up of Europe’s armed forces, this will have wider implications for the transatlantic security agenda. ... MoreOctober 21, 2008 | Defense Industry: New Protectionism on Both Sides of The Pond?W. Hertel & F. Schöning: The EU is about to adopt a new framework for the defense industry that may hurt the chances of US companies to conduct business in Europe. This new protectionism on both sides of the pond will invariably hurt the EU and US. ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesSeptember 29, 2011 | Libya's Lasting LegacyThe Libyan intervention has proven NATO’s resilience as a military alliance. ++ While not all NATO members participated in the military operation, a coalition of the willing spearheaded by France and the UK successfully coordinated their efforts to lend critical support to the rebels. ++ The exemplary partnership between the American intelligence community and the European naval and air forces ... MoreSeptember 28, 2011 | Defence Spending in Europe: Can We Do Better Without Spending More?“The situation of defence capacities in Europe is pretty dire,” concludes Fabio Liberti in his report for the French think tank Notre Europe. “The budgetary crisis that is afflicting member states of the Union is likely to mean more cuts in national defence budgets. The issue of improving the efficiency of spending in defence is therefore one that is being raised with a certain amount of ... MoreSeptember 1, 2011 | Challenges for European Defense Budgets after the Economic CrisisIn his paper for the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Patrick Keller assesses European defense budgets in the aftermath of the economic crisis. September 17, 2010 | The Right Way to Cut Defense SpendingThe UK faces a dilemma between balancing its books and cutting its defense budget at a time when it is facing increasing threats from both within and without its borders. ++ Past governments have gotten it wrong; wasting money shaping the military around predicted threats which never emerged, such as gearing up for high-intensity armored warfare, and instead mounting counterinsurgency operations. ... MoreJune 9, 2009 | Worldwide Military Spending on the IncreaseIn a comparison of worldwide military spending, China has climbed to second place. ++ “The US spent $607 billion on defense, which exceeds the expenditure of the other top 14 states in one year.” ++ The worldwide war on terror has resulted in a “general tendency to approach issues from a military perspective.” ++ The overall military spending of countries has increased by four per cent. ++ ... MoreJanuary 6, 2009 | Will China Miss George W. Bush?While the world welcomes the end of the Bush presidency and places its hopes on the man who promised change, China stands aloof from the celebrations. ++ President Bush turned a blind eye to China’s human rights abuses and failed to provide criticism of Chinese military expansion, leaving it undisturbed to pursue its goal of becoming a world power. ++ Currently, global recession and a new ... MoreAugust 1, 2008 | Improving Common European DefenseThe idea of a common European defense policy has hardly made any progress since its inception, but there are some lessons to be learned from the past: spending needs to be sensible and all countries need to pool their resources, even if there are variations in defense culture. ++ Furthermore, a better shared understanding of where European interests and values may require interventions is ... MoreJuly 30, 2007 | Cut US Military Spending By One-Third Without Sacrificing SecurityJohn Cavanagh, Anita Dancs, and Miriam Pemberton at the Institute for Foreign Policy and the National Priorities Project argue that US security would not suffer if one third of the Pentagon’s $650 billion-budget were cut in 2008. Most of the savings would come from ending the US involvement in Iraq, closing several overseas bases, and dismantling of redundant and economically inefficient weapons ... 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