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MDA and the Color of Money

August 12, 2016

Tom Karako, Ian Williams and Wes Rumbaugh

This study explores the growing competition for scarce dollars at the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). It traces the authorities, roles, and missions assigned to the agency and the growing trend of using what was originally intended to be a research and development budget for procurement and sustainment of missile defense assets. As adversary missile...

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Thinking about the Unthinkable in a Highly Proliferated World

July 15, 2016

Tom Karako and Ian Williams

For decades, the United States has led the effort to stem the spread of nuclear weapons, both among potential adversaries and among its allies and partners. The current state of deterrence and of the nonproliferation regime, however, is open to many doubts...