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Apocalypse soon? John Bolton is set to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser

March 26, 2018 The Nation

The news that President Trump will install John Bolton as his next national security adviser comes at a time when, by some estimates, the U.S. is waging at least nine undeclared wars across the globe. The Costs of War project estimated that between 2015 and October 2017, the U.S. military conducted air and drone strikes on seven countries and had combat troops deployed in 15 more.

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The Responsibility of Intellectuals, Redux

September 7, 2011 Boston Review

“A report from the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies estimates that the final bill will be $3.2-4 trillion.”

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Costs of War

June 1, 2011 Costs of War

The project has also appeared in national papers in many countries, including Brazil, China, Russia, and Pakistan, among others.

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Trump Presses Arab Allies to Do More to Counter Iran

May 10, 2018 The New York Times

President Trump has said repeatedly that the U.S. has spent $7 trillion on the Middle East wars. He may be getting this figure from an erroneous reading of Costs of War Project findings about the budgetary costs of those wars.

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Old AUMFs need to be repealed

November 9, 2022 OC Register

An editorial in the Orange County Register citing Costs of War called for a repeal of the 2001 and 2002 AUMF.

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