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.”
READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE
Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern....
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...
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...
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....
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.
November 13, 2019 World Beyond War
World Beyond War discusses the consequences of war shown in War and Health edited by Costs of War co-director Dr. Catherine Lutz.
August 2021
U.S. Costs to Date for the War in Afghanistan FY2001-2022 (in Current $Billions, USD)Total = $2.313 Trillion
November 2019
Human Cost of Post - 9/11 Wars: Direct War Deaths in Major War ZonesAfghanistan and Pakistan (October 2001 - October 2019); Iraq (March 2003 - October 2019); Syria (September 2014 - October 2019); Yemen (October 2002 - October 2019); and Other1...
This report gathers previously published data to provide an overview of the human costs that have resulted, and will continue to result, from the Hamas attack and Israeli military operations in one year of war since October 7, 2023. It includes United Nations estimates of Israeli and Palestinian...
Examining data before the U.S. war in Afghanistan and after the U.S. withdrawal, this infographic displays indicators of poverty, food insecurity, child malnutrition, women's rights, U.S. spending, and more.
Costs of War’s Consuming War research series showcases how, every day, Americans are inundated with cultural products promoting militarism. From movies and video games to sporting events, our attention is often captured by messages that glorify combat while obscuring the deadly realities of war....
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
Rosella Cappella Zielinski is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston University and non-resident fellow at the Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity at Marine Corps University who specializes in the political economy of security. She is the author of How States Pay for Wars ...