America Speaks Out: Is the United States spending too much on defense?

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By Carl Conetta, PDA Briefing Memo #41, 26 March 2007.

Today, the United States is responsible for half of total world military spending. A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans are beginning to have second thoughts.

Somalia, Horn of Africa, Results and Motivations of Terrorism

Issue 3 of Defense Analysis Bulletin, by Bipasha Ray, 07 March 2007

U.S. aid to Somali warlords could be "misguided." Are American counterterrorism and military policies in the Horn of Africa destabilizing the region? An examination of the results and motivations of terrorism.

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Confronting Iran

Confronting Iran: Critical perspectives on the current crisis, its origins, and implications

A PDA compilation, February 2007.

More than 100 articles, analyses and resources addressing the nuclear crisis and other aspects of the US-Iran conflict as well as strategic issues.

Experts give poor grades to expected defense budget proposal

By Bipasha Ray, Project on Defense Alternatives
from Defense Analysis Bulletin #2, 01 February 2007

Washington, DC -- The expected $470 billion defense budget for fiscal 2008 to be released Feb. 5 will fall short of requirements, yet continue to be packed with pork despite recent reforms, according to defense experts at a briefing on Thursday.

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Defense Analysis Bulletin #1

A series of mini-reviews of selected studies of interest

Edited by Bipasha Ray

In this inaugural issue: Has U.S. aid to Afghan security forces improved its human rights record? Also discusses whether high-ranking Taliban should be brought into the fold of governance; civilian casualties in US/NATO air strikes in Afghanistan; and the potential spillover from the Iraqi civil war which could affect U.S. basing operations especially in the small Persian Gulf countries, like Bahrain.