May 21, 2019 Just Security
The Cost of War Project's estimated $5.9 trillion cost of post-9/11 wars cited in discussion of potential repeal of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
May 15, 2019 Business Insider
In a dollar-by-dollar tour of the US national security budget, Business Insider references the Cost of War Project's esimation that obligations to veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars will total more than $1 trillion in the years to come.
May 7, 2019 The Nation
William D. Hartung's article cites Costs of War research in revealing the real cost of the U.S. Defense budget, which exceeds $1 trillion.
May 6, 2019 The Daily Show
Trevor Noah features the Cost of War Project's map of where in the world the U.S. military is combatting terrorism on The Daily Show.
April 26, 2019 US News and World Report
Co-director Catherine Lutz cited in an article on how the number of private contractors in America's longest war has jumped at an unprecented rate in the last three months.
April 21, 2019 KPFK Radio
Co-director Stephanie Savell interviewed on the vast geographic reach of the US war on terrrorism. Download MP3.
April 20, 2019 C-SPAN Washington Journal
Co-director Stephanie Savell is interviewed on her research on America's expanding global war on terrorism.
April 4, 2019 USA Today
Senators Bernie Sanders and Mike Lee call for a serious Congressional discussion of when and where in the world to intervene, and who decides. They cite Costs of War figures on the $6 trillion costs of longest war in American history.
March 26, 2019 The Washington Post
In her opinion column, Katrina vanden Heuvel cites Costs of War researchers: "Their vital work shows the wars’ devastating human, economic and political costs."
March 24, 2019 Newsweek
March has a bloody legacy of conflicts and military action. Newsweek cites the Costs of War project stating, "the U.S. has spent approximately $6 trillion on related conflicts that have killed at least 500,000 people"
March 22, 2019 The Nation
This article cites Costs of War figures that show that the military buildup of recent years has cost the US economy more jobs than it has created.
March 22, 2019 The New Republic
This article argues against American military supremacy and draws on Costs of War estimates that war costs have reached $5.9 trillion, with 147,000 dead in Afghanistan alone.
March 1, 2019 C-SPAN
In an interview on C-SPAN, Matthew Hoh, an Iraq veteran and former State Department official, draws on Costs of War data to urge the American public to consider that "it's not just a discussion about the Afghan war. It's a discussion about all the wars, what we're doing overall, not just in the Middle East, but now throughout Africa." See clip at 17:53.
February 19, 2019 The Nation
Co-director Stephanie Savell writes about mapping the American war on terror.
February 14, 2019 NPR 1A
Co-director Stephanie Savell speaks on the vast global reach of the U.S. war on terrorism, along with panelists Tom Bowman and Nick Turse.
February 8, 2019 Think Progress
Costs of War co-director Stephanie Savell is cited, and the map of US counterterror war locations reprinted in this article, which positions the recent U.S. decision to cut military aid to Cameroon due to human rights abuses in the context of the broader U.S. war on terrorism.
February 8, 2019 Newsweek
Recent research from Costs of War cited that estimates the US has spent nearly $6 trillion in post-9/11 wars.
February 6, 2019 The Washington Post
The Washington Post fact-checks Trump's statement that, "We have spent more than $7 trillion dollars in the Middle East," suggesting that Trump is making an erroneous refernence to Costs of War project data.
February 3, 2019 The New York Times
NYTimes Editorial Board calls for ending the war in Afghanistan, drawing on evidence from Costs of War that the war has extended to 80 countries, cost $5.9 trillion, and resulted in a loss of half a million lives.
January 18, 2019 Business Insider
Costs of War study cited stating that since 9/11 the US has spent nearly $6 trillion on the war on terror & it has claimed nearly 500,000 lives.