The Brown University Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs invites you to a virtual briefing, “Reality Check: Chinese Military Spending in Context and Alternatives to a Bloated U.S. Defense Budget,” on Wednesday, January 31 at 1pm ET featuring the author of the Costs of War project‘s latest report and leading U.S.-China experts to compare military expenditures of China and the United States and discuss peaceful alternatives to escalating rhetoric, naval buildup, and bloated U.S. military spending.