Debunking the Republicans’ Defense Budget Revisionism
Ignore the warnings from Trump, Bush, and the rest. The Overseas Contingency Operations budget ensures that the bean counters at the Pentagon need never worry.
David Bosco
Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
Suzanne Nossel
Thomas E. Ricks
David Rothkopf
Kori Schake
Emile Simpson
James Stavridis
Bruce Stokes
James Traub
Stephen M. Walt
Lauren Wolfe
Michela Wrong
Micah Zenko
A Humanitarian Stimulus
It's time to dispose of the politics of fear and embrace a pro-refugee, pro-economy policy.
The GOP Plan to Bring Back a Unipolar World
Republicans seem to think that by banging the drum for increased defense spending, they can restore America's greatness. They're wrong.
France Has Been No Friend to Muslims
And until Paris confronts its deep historical legacy of colonialism and prejudice, violence will continue.
The End of Responsible Budgeting As We Know It
Washington has kicked any semblance of defense budget discipline to the curb.
Congress Is Running Around Playing Budgetary Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
Republican dysfunction returns, just in time for another budget fight.
The Solipsism of Self-Isolation
Decades of marginalizing countries we don't see eye to eye with has gotten the United States nowhere. It's time to engage.
Congress and the Coming Budget ‘Punt’ You Can Count On
Why the Republican-dominated Congress isn’t going to pass the appropriations bills we need to actually run the government.
Campaign Consequences Could Come Early This Year
As U.S. presidential candidates talk tough on ISIS and blast Obama for the Iran deal, their grandstanding on international politics could have real-world repercussions -- and soon.
No, the Army Is Not Disintegrating Before Your Very Eyes
It's budget season in Washington, which means it's time for yet another round of hysterics over long-known defense budget cuts.
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About Gordon Adams
Gordon Adams is a professor of international relations at American University's School of International Service and is a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center. From 1993 to 1997, he was the senior White House budget official for national security.
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