officially ending the debt crisis – for now. The act agrees to restrict spending on civilian duties in exchange for a suspension of the debt ceiling. However, the act's credibility is undermined by its failure to cut or impose restrictions on military spending, revealing the U.S. government'...
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Abstract. This article develops and tests two competing arguments regarding how a patron’s diplomatic visits influence the military spending of protégés. O
Although the economic effects of defense expenditures have become an issue of intense interest over the recent decades, little is known about how the individual components of military spending affect the economy. Nevertheless, military spending is highly heterogeneous in its nature consisting of assorted...
Officials in the George W. Bush as well as Barack Obama administrations have argued that China's military budget is excessive for the country's legitimate defense needs. But US military spending is much higher than that of China or any other country.
1. If ever there was a time to reduce our massive and wasteful military spending, this is it. There was never, for example, any sense in investingup to $1.7 trillionover the next 30 years to “modernize” America’s nuclear arsenal. (Why are new weapons needed to exterminate humanity wh...
Ilie Bolojan, the country's interim leader, said today that its defence spending target for 2025 is slightly higher than last year. Military expenditure could reach 3% of GDP in one or two years, he said. But asked about contributing to a peacekeeping force in Ukraine after any ...
Cyprus: US Military Training Won't Harm Russia, China Ties More By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS, Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ government said Friday that a U.S. decision to provide education and training to the island nation’s armed forces won’t hamper relations with either...
One of his big plans to challenge current governing norms that’s gotten less attention is his pledge to seize some power over government spending from Congress. In one Agenda47 video, Trump says he would try to reassert the principle of “impoundment,” by which a president can reject spendi...
Defense spending accounts for 58 percent of the discretionary pie, more than a trillion dollars a year all-in, or almost half of what the entire rest of the world spends combined. With the US relying on countries like China to fund its wars and military bases around the world, even member...