Brown University Releases 'Cost Of War' Project
November 18, 2018 NPR
Lulu Garcia Navarro interviews Co-Director Neta Crawford on the Cost of War Project's annual estimate of the cost of the war on terror.
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How War in Ukraine Impacts Food Insecurity in Canada
July 18, 2022 The Independent
A piece in The Independent (Newfoundland, Canada) on food insecurity and the war in Ukraine cites Costs of War on the military’s carbon emissions.
There Must Be Serious Efforts to Deescalate and Prevent a Regional War in the Middle East from Happening, Now!
August 20, 2024 The Filipino Chronicle
The Filipino Chronicle cited Costs of War on the human costs of war.
At War With the Truth
December 9, 2019 The Washington Post
An investigation by The Washington Post found that US officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan, where the US has spent or appropriated between $934 billion and $978 billion, according to an estimate from the Costs of War Project.
Explosive Investigation Shows U.S. Officials Mislead the Public About "Unwinnable" War In Afghanistan for Years
December 10, 2019 The Takeaway
The Takeaway discusses the Washington Post investigation of the war in Afghanistan and speaks with Neta C. Crawford, co-director of the Costs of War Project.
Ending the Afghan War Won't End the Killing
September 19, 2019 Truthout
Truthout publishes co-director Stephanie Savell's analysis of Costs of War's first-time ever count of the human toll of explosive remnants of war in Afghanistan.
Ending the Afghan War Won't End the Killing
September 19, 2019 History News Network
History News Network publishes co-director Stephanie Savell's piece on Costs of War report on explosive remnants of war in Afghanistan.
Ending America's Endless War
June 24, 2019 Foreign Affairs
Bernie Sanders draws on Costs of War Project data in making a powerful case against war with Iran. "We have to view the terrorism threat through the proper scope, rather than allowing it to dominate our view of the world."
Scientists Want to Make it a War Crime to Damage the Environment in a Conflict
July 26, 2019 Vox
The Costs of War Project has shown the devastating health effects resulting from conflict-related environmental pollution in Iraq, says Vox article discussing a proposed plan to hold governments responsible for environmental damage in war zones.
'Costs of War' project initiates research series to evaluate post-9/11 wars
November 8, 2019 The Brown Daily Herald
The Brown Daily Herald discusses Costs of War's "20 Years of War" research series.
Why war for wealth has fallen out of fashion
February 10, 2020 The Hill
Even winning the battlefield can't pay off, says an opinion piece in The Hill citing the Costs of War Project's estimated $2.2 trillion cost of the war in Iraq.
US Ramps Up War in Somalia, Killing More Civilians
April 20, 2020 Just Security
Just Security discusses the US military's war in Somalia that has continued as the world fights a global pandemic. The Costs of War Project has concluded that US interventions in Somalia led to the creation and expansion of Al-Shabaab as an organ of terror.
Eight Common-Sense Reasons for Not Going to War With Iran
January 7, 2020 Antiwar.com
Antiwar.com cites Costs of War research on the human costs of post-9/11 wars in an argument against going to war with Iran.
African People Bear the Weight of US’s Deadly “War on Terror” on the Continent
September 11, 2022 Truthout
Costs of War was cited in Truthout on the war on terror’s impact on Africa.
'Counter-Terrorism'?: Two Decades After 9/11, New Interactive Map Details Footprint of US War Machine in 85 Countries
February 25, 2021 Common Dreams
Common Dreams cites Costs of War's new study highlighting U.S. counter terror operations in 85 countries.
The frighteningly high human and financial costs of war
October 12, 2016 AlJazeera
"The Costs of War Project comprises 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners and physicians, and has been working since 2011 to document the full human, material, and political costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the related violence in Pakistan and Syria - and to ask for an official accounting. The project's findings show that over the past 15 years, US conflicts have cost more than 600,000 military and civilian lives, resulted in more than seven million refugees and displaced people, and run-up perhaps nearly $13 trillion in financial costs over the lifetimes of the conflicts."
Taliban Denounce Prince Harry for Admitting to Afghan ‘War Crimes’
January 6, 2023 VOA News
VOA cited Costs of War on veterans suicides in an article about revelations from Prince Harry’s book.
Veterans Journal: Brown’s Costs of War project focuses on Afghanistan toll
October 21, 2013 Providence Journal
“The human toll in deaths by direct war violence, including U.S. soldiers and contractors, allied soldiers, Afghan security forces, insurgents, militants and civilians, is now estimated to be at least 145,000 since 2001 in Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
Facebook meme: Iraq War dollars could have ended world hunger for 30 years
June 24, 2014 Tampa Bay Times
“Brown University - Cost of War Project: $770 billion for direct military spending; $40 billion current health costs; $490 billion future health care costs. The total of all costs, including interest on debt and homeland security and more, is $2.2 trillion.”
US lawmaker reignites effort to curb presidential war powers
October 20, 2022 The Middle East Eye
The Middle East Eye article on Rep. Lee seeking to repeal the AUMF cited Costs of War on the costs of the post-9/11 wars.