June 1, 2017 Defense One
"Remember how Lockheed Martin tried to save its F-22 with an ad campaign touting not stealth or supercruise, but American jobs? That pitch might not be any more effective the next time around. A new study from Brown University’s Costs of War project found domestic spending spurs more jobs than military spending."
March 27, 2025 Phenomenal World
Phenomenal World cited Costs of War on the financial costs of the post-9/11 wars.
March 28, 2025 Götesborgs-Posten
Götesborgs-Posten (Sweden) cited Costs of War data on displacement from the post-9/11 wars.
September 6, 2011 The Independent
“The most comprehensive study of the military actions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan concluded that the price tag is $4 trillion and rising… The US has already paid $185bn in interest on its debt-funded war spending, and another $1 trillion could accrue in interest alone through 2020.”
July 12, 2017 The Military Times
This op ed mentions the Costs of War Project as showing the "disastrous effects of bad paper on veterans with PTSD."
April 1, 2025 Truthout
Truthout wrote a piece about our latest research on the dangers to war reporters.
April 2, 2025 Daily Kos
Daily Kos wrote about our latest research on the dangers to war reporters.
July 6, 2016 BBC World Service
The Watson Institute's Cost of War Project is cited on BBC Business Matters.
April 2, 2025 Alamosa Valley Courier
An op-ed in the Alamosa Valley Courier (Colo.) cited Costs of War research on military spending and jobs.
September 27, 2017 Defense One
This article describes a Pentagon study that says that the average American taxpayer has spent $7,500 on combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, but qualifies this number by saying it would be far higher if the study had used Costs of War Project estimates of dollars spent on these wars, which are much more comprehensive than the figures used by the Pentagon.
April 2, 2025 Politika (Greece)
Politika (Greece) wrote about our latest research on the dangers to war reporters.
April 7, 2025 Huffington Post
Huffington Post wrote about our latest research on the dangers to war reporters.
March 18, 2018 The Washington Post
Costs of War project co-director Stephanie Savell quoted on why, when US drone strikes on the Middle East are more prevalent than ever before, there is so little US media coverage of these strikes: “We all know there’s stuff going on in the name of fighting terror, but there’s not much interest in the details,” Savell said. “It’s considered unpatriotic to question what’s going on with the military.”
October 18, 2016 Boston Globe
"The most recent estimates suggest that war costs will run to nearly $5 trillion — a staggering sum that exceeds even the $3 trillion that Joseph Stiglitz and I predicted back in 2008.Yet the cost seems invisible to politicians and the public alike."
April 9, 2025 The National
The National (Scotland) wrote about our latest research on the dangers to war reporters.
April 14, 2025 El Ciudadano
El Ciudadano (Argentina) cited our research on the dangers of war reporting, especially in Gaza.
March 22, 2018 The Missourian
On the anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, Costs of War co-director Stephanie Savell tallies the devastating costs of that decision.
November 10, 2022 ABC News Australia
ABC (Australia) cites Costs of War in an article about new research showing more children died from British military actions in Afghanistan than previously thought between 2006 and 2014.
November 14, 2022 Malaysian Digest
Malaysian Digest cited Costs of War on the human costs of the post-9/11 wars.
September 2, 2020 The Intercept
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign vows a “moral renewal” for the United States. Murtaza Hussain, quoting Costs of War data, suggests he begin with an official apology to over 800,000 deaths relating to post 9/11 U.S. Wars.