Why War Deaths Increase After Wars
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.
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Human and Budgetary Costs to Date of the U.S. War in Afghanistan, 2001-2022
August 2021
U.S. Costs to Date for the War in Afghanistan FY2001-2022 (in Current $Billions, USD)Total = $2.313 Trillion
The Human Toll: Indirect Deaths from War in Gaza and the West Bank, October 7, 2023 Forward
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...
Afghanistan before and after 20 years of war (2001-2021)
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.
Contributor: Rosella Cappella Zielinski
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 ...
Consuming War: How Pop Culture Captures Our Attention and Fuels Forever Wars
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....
Blood and Treasure: United States Budgetary Costs and Human Costs of 20 Years of War in Iraq and Syria, 2003-2023
This paper examines the total costs of the war in Iraq and Syria, which are expected to exceed half a million human lives and $2.89 trillion. This budgetary figure includes costs to date, estimated at about $1.79 trillion, and the costs of veterans’ care through 2050. Since the United States...
Seventy-Six Countries Are Now Involved in Washington's War on Terror
January 4, 2018 Truthout
"The Costs of War Project has produced not just a map of the war on terror, 2015-2017, but the first map of its kind ever. It offers an astounding vision of Washington's counterterror wars across the globe: their spread, the deployment of US forces, the expanding ..."
Why the deeper, lasting costs of war are not reflected just in dollars and body counts
November 14, 2019 Military Times
Military Times discusses War and Health, a collection of ethnographies on the unseen effects of wars edited by Costs of War Project co-director Dr. Catherine Lutz.
News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World
Since the 2000s, national governments and terrorist groups – from Israel, Syria’s Assad regime and the United States to the Islamic State – have found ways to curtail conflict coverage through myriad means, from repressive policies to armed attack. All have killed journalists and helped to foster...
Use of Military Contractors Shrouds True Costs of War. Washington Wants It That Way, Study Says
June 30, 2020 The Washington Post
The proliferation of contractors at U.S. bases worldwide over the past two decades camouflages the true cost of war, according to a study on the commercialization of the U.S. war effort by economist Heidi Peltier, director of the Costs of War "20 Years of War" research series, based at Boston University's Pardee Center.
Costs of War: 17 Years After 9/11, Nearly Half a Million People Have Died in Global “War on Terror”
November 21, 2018 Democracy Now
Democracy Now! interviews co-director Neta Crawford on the cost of the war on terror.
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.
As Its Longest War Comes to an End, the U.S. Should Seek to End All Wars
May 14, 2021 Scientific American
Scientific American cites Costs of War data on the budgetary costs of the war in Afghanistan and the direct war deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Biden cited Brown researchers in measuring the cost of the Afghan war. Here’s the background
August 31, 2021 The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe references Costs of War data on the human and economic costs of the war in Afghanistan, including research by Linda Bilmes on post-9/11 war funding.
The Ripples of War Are Only Beginning to Spread. Is America Ready?
March 22, 2023 The War Horse
The War Horse cited Costs of War research on the budgetary costs of war.
How much did the war in Afghanistan cost in lives and money?
August 18, 2021 KCRW
KCRW references Costs of War Project figures on the human and budgetary costs of the war in Afghanistan in a podcast with researcher Costs of War Project Co-Founder and Co-Director Catherine Lutz.
Exclusive: Accounting for war - Ukraine's climate fallout
June 6, 2023 Reuters
Reuters cited Costs of War on war and military emissions on a report about the climate impacts of the Ukraine war (reposted in Saltwire and The Japan Times).
In Afghanistan, Trump is poised to re-escalate a hopeless war
May 12, 2017 The Atlantic
The Costs of War Project is referenced in this article on how few Americans are focused on the war in Afghanistan. "According to the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Afghan war has already cost the United States more than three-quarters of a trillion dollars."