Rudy
deLeon
Senior Fellow
Defense
Featured Experts
Latest
- Filter by
- Type
-
Date
- Author
-
Topic
- Toggle Search
Ten Defense Budget Questions Biden Must Answer
In the News
![]()
Ten Defense Budget Questions Biden Must Answer
Lawrence J. Korb discusses the 10 major questions that President Joe Biden should address in the fiscal year 2024 defense budget.
A Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget?
Report
![]()
A Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget?
The Biden administration and Congress face eight challenges in calculating the size and distribution of a defense budget that has reached a record size.
The Lessons Learned for U.S. National Security Policy in the 20 Years Since 9/11
Article
![An American flag is left at the National September 11 Memorial, September 2017. (Getty/Drew Angerer)]()
The Lessons Learned for U.S. National Security Policy in the 20 Years Since 9/11
There were important gains coming out of America’s post-9/11 foreign policy, but some important successes came at great strategic, material, and human costs.
An Opportunity for Change: President Biden’s First Defense Budget Proposal
Report
![(President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Pentagon on February 10, 2021.)]()
An Opportunity for Change: President Biden’s First Defense Budget Proposal
President Biden’s proposal is a chance to reshape how U.S. federal agencies handle the country’s top national security issues.
The United States Could Be in the Early Days of a Domestic Insurgency
Article
![Trump supporters near the U.S. Capitol, January 2020. (Getty/Shay Horse)]()
The United States Could Be in the Early Days of a Domestic Insurgency
Trump and his allies have incited an insurrection but the movement may outlast his administration.
The First 100 Days: Toward a More Sustainable and Values-Based National Security Approach
Report
![(Photoillustration: Chester Hawkins)]()
The First 100 Days: Toward a More Sustainable and Values-Based National Security Approach
An actionable plan for the next administration’s progressive national security agenda.
Interactive: The First 100 Days
Interactive
![(Photoillustration: Chester Hawkins)]()
Interactive: The First 100 Days
This interactive database features nearly 250 recommendations that the next administration can advance, adopt, and implement within the first 100 days to set the country on a path toward a more progressive national security approach.
The Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget More Than Meets U.S. National Security Needs
Report
![OGDEN, UT - MARCH 15: Ground crew members prepare an F-35 fighter jet for a training mission at Hill Air Force Base on March 15, 2017 in Ogden, Utah. Hill is the first Air Force base to get combat ready F-35's. They currently have 17 that might be deployed in the fight against terrorism and ISIS in the near future. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)]()
The Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget More Than Meets U.S. National Security Needs
The Trump administration can enhance U.S. national security by transferring funds from unnecessary programs in the defense budget to other agencies.
Russian Flags Over an American Base
Article
![Russian soldiers walk past a Russian military police armoured vehicle at a position in the northeastern Syrian city Kobani, October 2019. (Getty/AFP)]()
Russian Flags Over an American Base
Trump’s reckless Syria policy makes America less safe and empowers Putin’s Russia.
Caring for U.S. Veterans: A Plan for 2020
Report
![]()
Caring for U.S. Veterans: A Plan for 2020
Ensuring that future political leaders provide U.S. veterans with the care and benefits they have earned will require legislators to understand how and why the current system has come to be.
Combating the White-Nationalist Terrorist Threat
Article
![People pay their respects at the makeshift memorial for victims of the shooting that left a total of 22 people dead in El Paso, August 2019. (Getty/Mark Ralston)]()
Combating the White-Nationalist Terrorist Threat
Six practical steps to defeat white nationalist terrorism.
The Trump Administration’s 10 Most Dangerous Actions Concerning Iran
Article
![National Security Adviser John Bolton listens to U.S. President Donald Trump, February 2019. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)]()
The Trump Administration’s 10 Most Dangerous Actions Concerning Iran
How the Trump administration has blundered into confrontation with Tehran.