In praise of Barbara Lee, a truly courageous voice for peace in an era of perpetual war
March 7, 2024 Orange County Register
Costs of War research on the AUMF was cited in Orange County Register in an editorial on Barbara Lee.
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Contributor: Kali Rubaii
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Purdue University
Kali Rubaii is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Purdue University. Her research focuses on displacement, war-impacted ecologies, and environmental health justice. Through forensic ethnography, Dr. Rubaii’s work bears witness to the violent material impact of extractive...
176,000 lives lost, $2.3 trillion spent in Afghanistan: Brown U’s ‘Costs of War’
August 31, 2021 WPRI.com
WPRI.com interviews Costs of War Project co-founder Neta Crawford, and she discusses her research on the budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars
On Memorial Day, Remember Skepticism Toward a Large, Standing Military
May 31, 2021 Reason
Reason highlights Costs of War data on the direct war deaths in Afghanistan and the war's cost to American taxpayers.
Uncompensated Allies: How Contracting Companies and U.S. Government Agencies Failed Third-Country Nationals in Afghanistan
This paper examines labor abuses during the war in Afghanistan, focusing on how the U.S. is denying legally-required compensation to foreign workers in war zones. The U.S. government leaned heavily on contractors to do its essential work during the war in Afghanistan. In 2020, approximately 65%...
The Financial Cost of 16 Years in Afghanistan
August 22, 2017 CNN
CNN cites Neta Crawford, Co-Director of the Costs of War Project, who estimates that roughly $2 trillion has been spent so far on the war in Afghanistan. "But even that figure leaves out some key expenses, such as the future costs of interest Americans will owe for the money borrowed to finance the war in Afghanistan. That alone could add trillions of dollars to the total tab."
The US Peace Memorial Foundation has awarded the 2022 US Peace Prize to Costs of War
October 27, 2022 Pressenza
Costs of War’s US Peace Memorial prize was covered in Pressenza.
Contributor: David Vine
Ph.D., M.A.
David Vine is a political anthropologist and writer. David is the author of a trilogy of books about war and peace including "The United States of War: A Global History of America’s Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State," which was a finalist for the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book...
Nation That Says It Can't Afford Universal Healthcare Has Spent $5.6 Trillion on War Since 9/11 (With No End in Sight)
November 8, 2017 Common Dreams
Common Dreams cites the Costs of War Project's new study that estimates the U.S. budgetary cost of post-9/11 wars will reach $5.6 trillion by the end of fiscal year 2018.
U.S. human rights violations: exporting turmoil and leaving other countries behind in chaos
May 11, 2021 CCTV.com
CCTV.com cites Costs of War data showing that "since the beginning of the “war on terror” in 2001 at least 800,000 people have died as a direct result of war violence, of which over 335,000 civilians lost their lives."
British soldiers were more than twice as likely to die during peak of Afghan War than US troops, report reveals
May 12, 2021 Daily Mail
Daily Mail cites Costs of War report by Jason Davidson showing that the U.K. and other allies suffered disproportionate casualties in Afghanistan.
Cutting military aid to Cameroon over human rights was an anomaly for the U.S.
February 8, 2019 Think Progress
Costs of War co-director Stephanie Savell is cited, and the map of US counterterror war locations reprinted in this article, which positions the recent U.S. decision to cut military aid to Cameroon due to human rights abuses in the context of the broader U.S. war on terrorism.
America has spent $5.9 trillion on wars in the Middle East and Asia since 2001, a new study says
November 14, 2018 CNBC
This story features the Costs of War Project's latest reports on money spent and lives lost in the war on terror since 9/11. It includes a Costs of War video.
New Legislation Offers Opportunity to Address 2001 Authorization for Use of Force Amid Fears of War with Iran
May 21, 2019 Just Security
The Cost of War Project's estimated $5.9 trillion cost of post-9/11 wars cited in discussion of potential repeal of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
New Study Details 'Staggering' $6 Trillion (and Counting) Price Tag of Endless US War
November 15, 2018 Common Dreams
"We were told to expect wars that would be quick, cheap, effective and beneficial to the U.S. interest," said Neta Crawford, the author of the study, at a news conference hosted by Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) on Tuesday. "The U.S. continues to fund the wars by borrowing, so this is a conservative estimate of the consequences of funding the war as if on a credit card, in which we are only paying interest even as we continue to spend."
Trump’s Afghanistan Airstrikes Increased Civilian Deaths by 330 Percent, Brown Costs of War Study Reports
December 7, 2020 The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast covers Costs of War's new study on increased civilian casualties due to U.S. and allied forces' airstrikes
‘People Feel Expendable’—Military Could Lower Suicide Rate With Focus on Quality of Life
August 24, 2023 The War Horse
A piece in The War Horse cited Costs of War research on veteran suicides.
Three books that help make sense of the Middle East
June 30, 2023 The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail (Canada) mentioned Costs of War in a review of a book by Steven Simon citing its data on direct and indirect war deaths in Iraq and other post-9/11 war zones.
Short Changed: Military Women’s Deaths by Suicide Linked to Sexual Trauma
November 16, 2023 The War Horse
An op-ed in The War Horse cited Costs of War on veteran suicides in a piece about sexual assault in the military.
Former VA secretary: The time is now to heed this critical lesson about the cost of war
October 31, 2023 CNN
The former VA secretary cited Costs of War in CNN about the costs of war including veterans care.