September 21, 2018 Newsweek
This article on political will and US military strategy in Afghanistan cites the Costs of War Project's estimate that at least 970,000 veterans have some degree of officially recognized disability as a result of the wars.
September 11, 2018 The New York Times
"Extremism poses a greater threat today than it did 17 years ago," despite trillions of dollars that US taxpayers have spent on it. Brown University's Costs of War Project puts the price tag at more than $4 trillion.
September 11, 2018 Common Dreams
The Pentagon's estimate of how much the War on Terror has cost since 9/11 - $1.5 trillion -- is making headlines, despite independent estimates such as that by the Watson Institute's Costs of War Project that have pegged the figure far higher, at $5.6 trillion. This article details why the Costs of War Project's figures are far higher than the government's.
September 11, 2018 The Fiscal Times
The Costs of War Project's estimate of $5.6 trillion is placed into comparison with other recent estimates of war spending since 9/11, including Department of Defense data that puts the cost at more than $1.5 trillion.
August 30, 2018 Defense One
The Pentagon released a report that said that the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria have cost over $1.5 trillion, but estimates from Brown University's Costs of War project peg the costs at $5.6 trillion.
August 29, 2018 Inside Defense
A new Pentagon report estimates the US has spent $1.5 trillion on wars since Sept. 11, but independent estimates such as a study by Brown University's Watson Institute for International Affairs pegs the cost much higher.
August 21, 2018 Podcast One
An interview with political scientist Rosella Cappella Zielinski about her recent study on Costs of War which looks at a a rise in social inequality in the US due to how today's wars are financed.
August 16, 2018 TomDispatch
Costs of War study cited on TomDispatch, "Thanks to [Osama bin Laden's] “precision” weaponry -- those 19 suicidal hijackers in commercial jets -- the nearly 17 years of wars he's sparked across much of the Muslim world cost a man from one of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest families a mere $400,000 to $500,000. They’ve cost American taxpayers, minimally, $5.6 trillion dollars with no end in sight."
August 9, 2018 Foreign Policy in Focus
An analysis of U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan argues that it is part of a long-term strategy to gain regional influence and access to resources. The article cites the Costs of War Project, which estimates that more than 100,000 people have died in the war in Afghanistan and about 200,000 people have died in the war in Iraq.
August 1, 2018 Portside
Costs of War Co-Director Stephanie Savell writes, "...the staggering costs of the longest war in American history -- almost 17 years running, since the invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 -- are being deferred to the future."
July 18, 2018 BuzzFeed
Lindsay Koshgarian uses Costs of War estimates to argue that when some argue that ideas like healthcare for all or public college are written off as fantasy thinking, they should consider the virtually unlimited military spending of the US.
June 30, 2018 Salon
A new Costs of War study by political scientist Rosella Cappella Zielinski shows that one effect of how today's wars are financed is a rise in social inequality in the US.
June 28, 2018 The Nation
Costs of War co-director Stephanie Savell breaks down how "deficit spending abroad is driving inequality at home."
June 28, 2018 Truthout
Costs of War Co-Director Stephanie Savell writes, "the staggering costs of the longest war in American history — almost 17 years running, since the invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 — are being deferred to the future. In the process, the government is contributing to this country’s skyrocketing income inequality."
May 27, 2018 Truthout
Truthout interviews Tom Englehardt, who cites the Costs of War Project's estimate of $5.6 trillion as "the best figure I've seen" on how much money has gone to the U.S. war on terror.
May 24, 2018 CNN
An estimate of how much regime change in Iran could cost, drawing on the Costs of War Project's figures for how much the post-9/11 wars have cost -- more than 100 times more than the George W. Bush administration's initial claims about how expensive the war with Iraq would be.
May 15, 2018 TomDispatch
Tom Englehardt cites the Costs of War Project estimates of the budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars - $5.6 trillion - among other horrifying costs of the US war on terror.
May 10, 2018 The New York Times
President Trump has said repeatedly that the U.S. has spent $7 trillion on the Middle East wars. He may be getting this figure from an erroneous reading of Costs of War Project findings about the budgetary costs of those wars.
May 10, 2018 The Washington Post
President Trump has said repeatedly that the US "has spent $7 trillion on the Middle East." He is thought to be referring to a study by the Costs of War Project that includes future costs in Iraq and Syria but also in Afghanistan.
May 1, 2018 Politifact
Politifact features data by Costs of War co-director Neta Crawford in judging Trump's claim that the US has spent $7 trillion on the Middle East Wars as "half true."