The following charts present historical trends in U.S. military spending and analyze the forces that may drive it lower. These charts draw on data from the Stockholm International Peace Research ...

In the first group of 20 countries experiencing a high degree of conflict, spending has actually risen to a substantially higher level and has diverged from the global trend (Charts 3 and 4). This ...

Liang said China was directing most of its growing military budget toward increasing the combat readiness of its People's Liberation Army. "We are clearly seeing that trend because, if you look at ...