The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) invites you to attend a discussion of Evan Montgomery’s In the Hegemon’s Shadow.

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) invites you to attend a discussion of Hal Brands’ Making the Unipolar Moment: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Rise of the Post-Cold War Order.

Ever since the early days of the Cold War, extended nuclear deterrence has been one of the most important but challenging aspects of American strategy. During the past 25 years, however, many of the extended deterrence dilemmas that preoccupied U.S. policymakers in the past ceased to be a major source of concern.

Since the Budget Control Act (BCA) was enacted in 2011, the cost of nuclear forces has received considerable attention because nearly every component of the triad is due for modernization. To execute these programs as currently planned, the Department of Defense (DoD) will need to increase funding for U.S. nuclear forces well above recent levels, creating additional pressure on an already-strained defense budget. This has led some to conclude that nuclear forces are "unaffordable."