Economics of National Security (ENS)

Martin Feldstein, Director

The Working Group on the Economics of National Security will deal with the wide range of issues that affect national security with a primary focus on the security of the United States. Topics will include: military strategy (defense budgets, technical change, manpower, etc); sources of terrorist risks (causes of terrorism, financing of terrorism, etc); homeland security policies for dealing with terrorism (nuclear, chemical and biological); and problem areas (North Korea, Iraq, etc). The Group will meet at least once during the academic year and will hope to develop research suitable for a regular research project and conference.