The Costs of War project conducts and publishes research about the ongoing consequences of the United States post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere; the costs of global U.S. military operations; and the domestic effects of U.S. military spending. Created in 2010 and housed at Brown...
Anthropologist and Film-Maker
Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins is an anthropologist and film-maker with extensive fieldwork experience in Israel/Palestine and in Greece. Her first book, Waste Siege: The Life of Infrastructure in Palestine (Stanford, 2019), has won five major book awards, and examines waste management in the...
October 2024
U.S. SUPPORT TO ISRAEL The attached paper calculates United States spending on Israel’s military operations, $17.9 billion, plus related U.S. operations in the region, totaling $22.76 billion from October 7, 2023 to September 30, 2024. Posted on October 7, 2024
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
August 24, 2023 The War Horse
A piece in The War Horse cited Costs of War research on veteran suicides.
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.
April 19, 2021 Common Dreams
Common Dreams cites Costs of War statistics on the economic costs of the US War on Terror in Afghanistan.
June 17, 2021 Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone cites Costs of War data as it covers the historic vote by the House of Representatives to end the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
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.
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.
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."
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...
October 31, 2023 CNN
The former VA secretary cited Costs of War in CNN about the costs of war including veterans care.
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%...
October 27, 2022 Pressenza
Costs of War’s US Peace Memorial prize was covered in Pressenza.
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...
June 6, 2024 The War Horse
A piece in The War Horse cited Costs of War on deaths of contractors in the post-9/11 wars.
April 13, 2021 Modern War Institute
The Modern War institute cites new Costs of War study on the Special Immigrant Visa program for Afghan interpreters.
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.
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.