Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Mississauga
Zoë Wool has conducted ethnographic fieldwork with grievously injured US soldiers and their families living at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as at other military sites in the US and abroad. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles about the ongoing effects of war in...
War’s destruction of economies, public services, infrastructure, and the environment leads to deaths that occur long after bombs drop and grow in scale over time. This report reviews the latest research to examine the causal pathways that have led to an estimated 3.6-3.8 million indirect deaths...
March 21, 2018 C-SPAN
During a Senate debate on the Yemen War Powers Resolution on March 20, 2018, lawmakers discussed the extent of U.S. force abroad and Congress's role in making decisions about where the U.S. goes to war. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) cited new Brown University Costs of War project data showing that the U.S. is taking military action against terrorism in 76 countries. "How often," he asked, "has Congress debated whether those military actions were authorized?" Costs of War Project cited at 4:07: US Senate Debates Yemen War Powers Resolution - C-SPAN
March 2023
Blood and Treasure: United States Budgetary Costs and Human Costs of 20 Years of War in Iraq and Syria, 2003-2023 Neta C. Crawford March 15, 2023
March 2023
Human Cost of Post-9/11 Wars: Direct War Deaths in Major War Zones, Afghanistan & Pakistan (Oct. 2001 – Aug. 2021); Iraq (March 2003 – March 2023); Syria (Sept. 2014 – March 2023); Yemen (Oct. 2002-Aug. 2021) and Other Post-9/11 War Zones Neta C. Crawford and Catherine Lutz March 15, 2023
June 2017
Ali R. Tayyeb and Jennifer Greenburg (2017)
Paper (pdf)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – A new report released this week examines the lives of war veterans who are issued “bad papers,” or Other Than Honorable discharges from the military, leaving them ineligible to receive veterans’ benefits and support. Compiled by the Costs of War Project based at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the report speaks to current policy reforms aimed at these veterans, and contends that current policy proposals will not go far enough to tackle the issue. Other Than Honorable (OTH) discharges, while not the only type of “bad papers,” are the most common. They often result from minor forms of misconduct stemming from trauma sustained during military service, and they prevent veterans from receiving Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare, education and housing support, and other resources. The research, conducted by Ali R. Tayyeb, a Navy veteran and Jonas Veterans Healthcare Scholar, and Watson Institute postdoctoral fellow Jennifer Greenburg, notes that such discharges “have seen a sharp spike since 9/11, with almost six percent of the entire veteran population of this era excluded from care.”
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Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern....
August 2022
Costs of War Project (2022)
SUMMARY AND PAPER >
With humanity now facing the possibility of catastrophic and irreversible climate change, the environmental costs of the world’s military industries are increasingly being recognised as a significant part of the problem. This realization now even extends to the defense companies and weapons...
Pentagon spending has totaled over $14 trillion since the start of the war in Afghanistan, with one-third to one-half of the total going to military contractors....
Western allies of the United States have borne significant costs in the post-9/11 wars, in terms of both dollars and lives. This report’s key findings indicate that, besides the United States, the top five countries to send troops to the war in Afghanistan were the United Kingdom, Germany, France...
This paper examines both historical and theoretical alternatives to the war paradigm for counterterrorism and suggests the need for reframing predominant understandings of global security around far more significant threats, including those posed by climate change and healthcare insecurity....
If the U.S. and NATO increase their military spending and conventional forces in Europe, the weakness of Russian conventional military forces could prompt Moscow to rely more heavily on its nuclear forces. This paper lays out the case for why the United States should not engage in threat...
Teaching Costs of War: A Q&A With Dr. Jennifer Greenburg
Associate Professor of Communication and Digital Media Studies, Ontario Tech University
Areas of interest: global creative and entertainment industries; social media platforms; politics and cultural policy.