Fact check: US expenditure for the Afghanistan War surpasses aid given to Ukraine
February 8, 2023 USA Today
USA Today cited Costs of War research on the costs of the post-9/11 wars in an article about spending on Ukraine.
In the News
Turning Swords into Plowshares One Bus at a Time
February 2, 2023 Inkstick Media
Costs of War contributor Miriam Pemberton wrote about refocusing Pentagon spending to address the climate crisis and replace militarized industrial policy with green manufacturing in Inkstick Media.
Green Empire?
February 2, 2023 New Left Review
Neta Crawford’s career was cited extensively in New Left Review.
Ukraine accused of using Butterfly Mines (HRW): Will Japan condemn?
February 1, 2023 Modern Tokyo Times
Costs of War was cited in Modern Tokyo Times on people displaced by the post 9/11 wars.
EFSAS: Study Papers How the War on Terror contributed to more violence and inadvertently facilitated global terrorist groups
February 1, 2023 Pakistan Christian Post
Costs of War was cited in the Pakistan Christian Post on war costs, number of people displaced, and more.
Watson’s Costs of War Project finds contracted workers in Afghanistan not properly compensated after injury, death
February 1, 2023 Brown Daily Herald
Costs of War research on labor abuses of third-country nationals was cited in The Brown Daily Herald.
Don’t Just Cut Defense Spending. Convert the Defense Industry Into a Green Powerhouse.
January 30, 2023 The New Republic
New Costs of War research on moving form a war economy to a green economy was cited in The New Republic.
The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”
January 27, 2023 Politifact
A piece in Politifact (republished in Poynter) cites Costs of War estimates on the costs of the war in Afghanistan in a fact check of a social media post claiming we’ve spent more on Ukraine than Afghanistan.
The Global War on Terrorism is heating up (again) in Somalia and Syria
January 27, 2023 Task and Purpose
Task and Purpose cited Costs of War research on the legal justification for counterterror operations in an article about Somalia and Syria.
New Research Details Promise of Converting From 'War Economy to a Green Economy'
January 26, 2023 Common Dreams
New Costs of War research on moving from a war economy to a green economy was cited in Common Dreams.
The 8 US Wars That Displaced the Most People After 9/11
January 26, 2023 24/7 Wall Street
Costs of War was cited by 24/7 Wall Street on the numbers of people displaced by the post-9/11 wars.
KCUR-FM - Kansas City, MO
January 25, 2023 KCUR
Costs of War reachers on military jobs was cited on a segment on KCUR, an NPR station in Kansas City.
The General with the Mercedes Medal
January 24, 2023 Counterpunch
Costs of War was cited in Counterpunch.
How does our massive military spending factor into the debt-ceiling debate?
January 24, 2023 Augusta Free Press
An op-ed in the Augusta Free Press (reposted in Wilson County News and Eagle Times) on the debt ceiling cites Costs of War on the costs of the post-9/11 wars.
Aid to Ukraine Exceeds Cost of 2011 Afghanistan Surge
January 23, 2023 Breitbart
Costs of War was cited in Breitbart quoting Trita Parsi on the costs of the war post-9/11 wars.
No, Weakening Russia Is Not “Costing Peanuts” for the U.S.
January 20, 2023 The New Republic
A piece in The New Republic cited Costs of War on the human and financial costs of the post-9/11 wars.
OUR EXCESSIVE MILITARY BUDGET BUILDS U.S. EMPIRE, NOT GOD'S KINGDOM
January 19, 2023 Soujourners
Costs of War was cited in Soujourners on displacement in the post-9/11 wars.
Australia’s new arms race
January 14, 2023 The Saturday Paper
Costs of War was cited in Australia’s The Saturday Paper.
What It Means for Hunger to Burn Through the Pentagon’s Ranks
January 12, 2023 TomDispatch
Costs of War co-founder Andrea Mazzarino wrote about the military and food insecurity in TomDispatch (reposted in Counterpunch, LA Progressive, Sheerpost).
Ex-Guantanamo detainee challenges US as next World Cup host
January 12, 2023 Doha News
Costs of War was cited in Doha News (Qatar) in an article about U.S. human rights abuses and the World Cup.