William Hartung
Responsible Statecraft
New York, NY, United States
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Hawks blow a lot of hot air over proposed budget cuts
Hawks' hysteria about the proposed DOD reductions as part of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's speakership deal is just hot air. → Read More
New Ukraine aid is a go — and it's more than most states get in a year
Congress just passed a $45 billion assistance package for Kyiv on the way out the door for the holidays. We put this spending into context. → Read More
Let’s Put the Pentagon’s China Report in Context
What do the relative sizes of the U.S. and Chinese nuclear arsenals really suggest? → Read More
What Biden’s National Security Strategy Fails To Do
The Biden administration’s long-awaited National Security Strategy (NSS) was released this week to mixed reviews. On one level, it reads like a continuation o → Read More
House military spending bill is a boon to the arms industry
Lawmakers added $37 billion beyond what the Pentagon asked for, most of it going to defense contractors at the expense of service members. → Read More
Don’t Overinflate the Pentagon Budget
There are plenty of perennial problems draining the military’s coffers that need attention. → Read More
We’re #1: The U.S. Government is the World’s Largest Arms Dealer
The U.S. government is the world's largest arms dealer, and all too often it doesn't give adequate attention to who it is arming and how they use U.S. weapons. → Read More
Dr. King's 1967 anti-war speech wasn't popular, but it was prescient –
His speech against the Vietnam War identified the systemic failures that make America prone to militarism. → Read More
Who’s Afraid of an ICBM Review?
It’s worth spending five figures to assess whether to move ahead with a program that could cost more than a quarter-trillion dollars. → Read More
Milley’s Hypersonic Hyperbole May Have Been His ‘Missile Gap’ Moment
The United States must avoid another arms race based on untested or distinctly false premises. → Read More
The New ICBM Is a Legacy System, And Should Be Cancelled
Antiquated strategic thinking must not be allowed to drain funding that could be put toward more pressing threats. → Read More
Pushing Billions in Arms Sales Is Not an ‘Accomplishment’
It matters to whom the weapons are flowing and how they will be used. → Read More
A $13 Billion Contract for ICBMs: What’s the Rush?
The deal needs closer scrutiny — as does the purported need for new long-range ballistic missiles at all. → Read More
Congress Needs a Veto, Not a Notification, on Arms Sales
The Trump administration’s efforts to evade oversight show why more is needed. → Read More
Time to Rethink Security Aid to Egypt
More than $40 billion over three decades has bought only dubious benefits to U.S. security. → Read More
Overspending on the Pentagon Won’t Make Us Safer
We spend far more on the military than the countries we most fear, while shorting the things that would actually help us compete. → Read More
William Hartung
William Hartung's stories. I am a defense analyst, and cover the economics of Pentagon spending. → Read More
Who’s Afraid of China? Rethinking American Grand Strategy for a New Era
A new survey by the Eurasia Group Foundation suggests a new way forward for U.S. strategy towards China. → Read More
New Report: Sanctions Kill
A new report commissioned by Korea Peace Now documents the harsh humanitarian impacts of broad-based sanctions on North Korea. → Read More
America’s Military Is Misdirected, Not Underfunded
U.S. strategy should be more focused on preventing conflict with nuclear-armed China than on spinning out elaborate war-fighting scenarios. → Read More