War On the World: Industrialized Militaries Are a Bigger Part of the Climate Emergency Than You Know
September 15, 2019 The Intercept
The Intercept features Costs of War research on the Pentagon's enormous carbon footprint.
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How the U.S. Military Churns Out More Greenhouse Gas Emissions Than Entire Countries
September 13, 2019 GQ
A GQ article features Costs of War report calculating greenhouse gas emissions of the Department of Defense.
Keke Palmer Didn't Recognize Dick Cheney. Here's What She Should Know About the Former Vice President
September 12, 2019 Teen Vogue
Teen Vogue's Lucy Diavolo cites Costs of War studies in an op-ed on the legacy of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Why Many Afghans Don't Understand 9/11
September 11, 2019 On the Media
NPR's On the Media podcast cites Cost of War's estimate that 100,000 Afghan civilians have been killed in the post-9/11 war.
Witness to a War
September 9, 2019 The Washington Post Magazine
Longtime correspondant Kevin Maurer returns to Afghanistan and evalutes the U.S. war effort, which left 2,400 U.S. service members dead and more than 20,000 wounded, according to a report from the Costs of War Project.
When Is America Going to End Its Shadow War in Somalia?
September 8, 2019 SomTribune
SomTribune, a news source reporting on Somalia, shares Costs of War Project co-director Stephanie Savell's op ed on US military policy targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia.
When Is America Going to End Its Shadow War in Somalia?
September 8, 2019 MenaFN
MenaFN, a provider of financial content for institutions and consumers around the Arab world, shares Costs of War Project co-director Stephanie Savell's op ed on US military engagement in Somalia.
When Is America Going to End Its Shadow War in Somalia?
September 5, 2019 The Guardian
This opinion piece by co-director Stephanie Savell features the new Costs of War report on the human, financial, and political costs of the U.S. war on the group Al-Shabaab in Somalia.
War With Iran Would Be Disastrous and Enormously Costly
September 5, 2019 Forbes
"Administrations routinely underestimate the price of conflict, as has been documented in detail by Brown University's Costs of War project," says William Hartung in Forbes.
Afghanistan: Has the war cost America $500bn?
August 29, 2019 BBC News
The Cost of War Project argues that official U.S. figures for the military expenditure in Afghanistan are a substantial underestimate, says BBC News article on Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's $500bn estimate.
Taliban Peace Talks Must Not Ignore CIA-Funded Afghan Militias, Report Says
August 21, 2019 The Intercept
This Intercept article features a new Costs of War report on the CIA's "Afghan Army" as an obstacle to lasting peace in Afghanistan.
Opinion: Rethinking America's Approach to the World
August 18, 2019 The New York Times
The New York Times' Editorial Board argues that "American foreign policy is overdue for a rebalancing" while citing the Cost of War Project's estimated $5.9 trillion cost of post-9/11 counterrorism efforts.
Opinion: Democratic Candidates Are Ignoring the 'Endless War' Beyond Afghanistan
August 11, 2019 Military Times
The democratic candidates are problematically equating America’s “Endless War” with Afghanistan and only Afghanistan, writes co-director Stephanie Savell in an op ed in The Military Times.
More Money, Fewer Jobs: The Stubborn Truth About Employment and the Defense Industry
August 5, 2019 Common Dreams
"Military spending actually proved to be the worst job creator of any federal government spending option," says Common Dreams article referencing Costs of War Project research.
Scientists Want to Make it a War Crime to Damage the Environment in a Conflict
July 26, 2019 Vox
The Costs of War Project has shown the devastating health effects resulting from conflict-related environmental pollution in Iraq, says Vox article discussing a proposed plan to hold governments responsible for environmental damage in war zones.
There Is No Such Thing as a Green War
July 6, 2019 Truthout
"Just as there is no such thing as a green war, there is likewise no way to confront climate change unless we confront the war machine, and vice versa," says Truthout article in response to the Cost of War Project's recent climate change report.
LGBTQ Activists Demand an End to the Pinkwashing of Militarism
June 28, 2019 Truthout
The Costs of War Project has estimated that at least 480,000 people have been killed as a direct result of the U.S.-led war on terror, says Truthout article discussing the intersection of trans and queer identity and the military.
Mr. President, Leave Declaring War to Congress
June 28, 2019 The Philadelphia Tribune
William D. Hartung uses Costs of War data to argue in favor of restoring Congress' constitutional authority to prevent the executive branch from launching unnecessary "wars of choice"--like the U.S. intervention in Iraq.
The Pentagon's Outsized Part in the Climate Fight
June 27, 2019 New York Review of Books
Bill McKibben writes a thoughtful analysis of the Cost of War Project's recent climate change report.
Iran and a Hard Place
June 26, 2019 Pod Save the World
In the June 26 episode of Pod Save the World, former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes discuss the Cost of War Project's estimated $6 trillion cost of the War on Terror through the end of this fiscal year. Check it out at 29:26.