Wars Are Causing Massive Distress
April 22, 2024 Daily Good Morning Kashmir
Daily Good Morning Kashmir (India) cited Costs of War on the costs of the post-9/11 wars.
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The West’s Betrayal of Afghan Immigrants
July 13, 2022 Pakistan Today
An article in Pakistan Today cites Costs of War’s report on the broken special immigration visa process.
Biden Wants America to Lead the World. It Shouldn’t
December 2, 2020 The New York Times
Peter Beinart evaluates Biden's reasons for the United States to lead the world, and quotes Costs of War statistics on the damage done in Us-involved wars around the world.
American elites are living in a delusional universe. Here’s why the next crisis will make the 2008 recession look like a garden party
November 20, 2023 The Toronto Star
Costs of War was cited in The Toronto Star on the fiscal costs of the post-9/11 wars.
How the Navy Is Fighting Climate Change With Action on Clean Energy
April 24, 2024 Newsweek
Newsweek cited Costs of War on military emissions.
Will There Be a Brexit Breakthrough?
December 7, 2020 Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy covers Costs of War's new study on increased civilian casualties due to U.S. and allied forces' airstrikes
Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf wins 2025 World Press Photo of Year
April 22, 2025 The Middle East Eye
The Middle East Eye cited our research on the dangers to war reporters.
America’s Afghan Victims
September 18, 2013 The Nation
"Perhaps the best account of casualties was part of the Costs of War report prepared by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies…”
16 years, $5.6 trillion later, are the post-9/11 wars worth it?
November 8, 2017 The Hill
Op-ed by Costs of War contributor William Hartung on the US budgetary costs of post-9/11 wars: "The $5.6 trillion figure raises two fundamental questions. What did we pay for, and what were the results?"
Power Shift in the Horn of Africa: Somalia Recognizes SSC-Khaatumo
April 24, 2025 Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report cited Costs of War research on U.S. counterterrorism operations in Somalia.
U.S. Military Veterans’ Difficult Transitions Back to Civilian Life and the VA’s Response
February 2017
Anna Zogas (2017)
Paper (pdf)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] —In recent years, public understanding of military veterans’ needs has been shaped largely by reporting on post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, suicide rates and poor conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. But for the great majority of the veterans of post-9/11 wars, a persistent and profound need is for the social services that will help them transition back to civilian life.
That is the assessment of the newest study by the Costs of War project based at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, which uses research to create dialogue about the human, economic and political costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the related violence in Pakistan and Syria.
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Pentagon Software is eating the DoD: Brought to you by the Atlantic Council
April 16, 2025 Responsible Statecraft
Responsible Statecraft cited Costs of War research on AI and militarism.
Unfinished Portraits: Iraq and Afghanistan
July 2, 2013 Counter Punch
“According to the Costs of War project … at least 330,000 people have been killed by direct violence in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. This does not include hundreds of thousands of other deaths that occurred because of the wars.”
The US security complex: Too big to fail
October 29, 2011 Al Jazeera
“A recent report from Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies estimated that the ultimate cost of both the Afghan and Iraq wars could range up to $4.4tn … those trillions don't include the global war on terror.”
How America Lost Its Nerve Abroad
June 13, 2013 The Atlantic
“The latest reckoning of the costs of that war come to a staggering $2.2 trillion … —an amount that could turn just about anyone into a deficit hawk.”
Where Should DoD Be Spending Its Money?
April 19, 2017 Federal News Radio
Catherine Lutz, Costs of War Project Co-Director, speaks with Federal News Radio about the impacts of increasing military spending.
They claim that more journalists have died in Gaza than in both world wars combined.
April 22, 2025 Tiempo De San Juan
Tiempo De San Juan (Argentina) cited our research on war reporting.
Pakistan’s recidivist terrorism challenge
March 24, 2025 The News International
The News International (Pakistan) cited the cost of the U.S. war in Afghanistan on security personnel and civilians in Pakistan.
Cost of Afghanistan and Iraq wars in trillions
August 9, 2011 PRI
“What's concerning, Crawford adds, is unlike previous wars which were paid for by taxes or war bonds, the US has borrowed most if not all of the money to cover the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
24 Resources For Veterans Re-Entering The Workforce
November 13, 2017 Fast Company
Fast Company cites a Costs of War Project report that estimates as many as 245,000 enlisted service members will leave the military every year through 2019.