March 19, 2013 The Providence Journal
“ least 190,000 people of many nationalities — including Iraqi citizens and foreign soldiers — died in the war, including 4,488 U.S. servicemen and women. War-related ‘indirect’ deaths, such as from disease, bring the total higher.”
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.”
September 11, 2021 Vox
Vox references Costs of War Project data on the human and budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars.
September 11, 2021 Reuters
Reuters cites Costs of War Project data on the financial cost of the post-9/11 wars.
November 23, 2021 The Daily Wire
The Daily Wire cites Costs of War Project data on the budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars.
November 20, 2021 The Hill
The Hill references Costs of War Project research by Heidi Peltier on public debt and the rising interest for the post-9/11 wars.
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.
September 10, 2021 Marketplace
Marketplace covers Costs of War data on the budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars with Heidi Peltier as feautred guest.
November 28, 2021 The News-Gazette
The News-Gazette cites Costs of War project data on the hourly monetary cost of the post-9/11 wars.
March 13, 2013 NPR
“The report, from Brown's Watson Institute for International Studies, is comprehensive, taking a look at the direct and indirect costs of war…”
May 4, 2016 Huffington Post
"Approximately 92,000 Afghans have been killed in the war since 2001, and more than 26,000 of those were civilians, according to the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Almost 100,000 more have been injured."
November 30, 2021 C-Span
Costs of War was cited by Sen. Mike Lee on the Senate floor on C-SPAN 2
This analysis of where the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) has been used to justify U.S. counterterrorism activities reveals a lack of government transparency and oversight. Prior Costs of War research showed that between 2018-2020, the U.S. undertook what it labeled ...
September 12, 2016 Military Times
In a report for Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, study author Neta Crawford called the total “so large as to be almost incomprehensible,” but noted the dollar figures are only one part of the costs of war.
September 20, 2021 MSNBC
MSNBC cites Costs of War Project data on the number of civlians killed by aistrikes.
December 13, 2021 1a WAMU
1A WAMU cites Costs of War Project data on the budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars.
September 23, 2021 Inkstick
Inkstick cites Costs of War Project figures on the human costs of the post-9/11 wars.
December 21, 2021 Salon
Salon cites Costs of War Project figures on civilian death toll of the post-9/11 wars.
September 29, 2021 KALW
KALW references Costs of War Project data in a discussion with Stephanie Savell on the cost of post-9/11 militarization.
September 9, 2011 CBS News
“More than $800 billion dollars in Pentagon direct spending has gone towards the war in Iraq. … That’s a far cry from the Bush administration’s early estimate of between $50 and $60 billion dollars."