Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/corporations-democracy-costs-militarism-since-911/
Sept. 9, 2021 - National Priorities Project (Institute for Policy Studies) has taken a HOLISTIC look at U.S. militarized spending since 9/11, and found $21 trillion over the past 20 years. Where did all tha...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/war-on-terror-militarized-america-more-than-ever/
Sept. 9, 2021 - The War on Terror projected American power abroad with devastating consequences. But it also wrought suffering and waste at home, with consequences we’re still living with today.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/08/millennial-lawmakers-fresh-takes-foreign-policy/
Sept. 8, 2021 - Millennials who were just kids on 9/11 are now old enough to hold office. Research shows they're likely to see the world much differently than older generations because of their formative age at the t...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/08/us-state-of-insecurity/
Sept. 8, 2021 - A recent report, “STATE OF INSECURITY: The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11“, co-authored by Lindsay Koshgarian of the National Priorities Project, looks in detail at the monies spen...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/08/reparations-money-us-spent-21-trillion-military/
Sept. 8, 2021 - One of the arguments against the U.S. paying reparations to the descendants of American slaves is that such a program would be too expensive — that the U.S. just can’t afford it.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/08/money-spent-on-war-prompts-thoughts-what-could-be/
Sept. 8, 2021 - ...military spending against a global war on terror spurred on by the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/08/what-ending-a-war-could-look-like/
Sept. 8, 2021 - ...military spending — and while mentioning new wars that could potentially be launched?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/07/new-report-reveals-high-cost-militarism-since-911/
Sept. 7, 2021 - Interview with Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project, conducted by Scott Harris
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/07/arab-voices-militarization-911/
Sept. 7, 2021 - We speak with Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director for the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, and co-author of the newly released report “State of Insecur...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/07/imagine-last-20-years-fighting-climate-instead-war/
Sept. 7, 2021 - At the dawn of the new millennium, we directed our national resources in the exact wrong direction. But it’s not too late to turn things around.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/03/us-spent-21-trillion-on-militarization-since-911/
Sept. 3, 2021 - The cost of the War on Terror and its catastrophic consequences at home and abroad are staggering: $21 trillion, according to a new report. Imagine what we could do with that money if we used it for h...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/02/reports-war-on-terror-cost-21-trillion/
Sept. 2, 2021 - ...military campaign there on Tuesday. Now, two recent reports show that the cost to the US and the rest of the globe is considerably higher.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/02/war-on-terror-cost-21-trillion-killed-million/
Sept. 2, 2021 - The U.S. has spent $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization" since the fateful 2001 attacks that spawned the Afghanistan intervention, marking a new era of U.S.-led conflict across the glob...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/state-insecurity-cost-militarization-911/
Sept. 1, 2021 - Over 20 years, the U.S. has spent more than $21 trillion on militarization, surveillance, and repression — all in the name of security. These investments have shown us that the U.S. has the capa...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/post-911-militarization-cost-trillion-heres-money/
Sept. 1, 2021 - The $21 trillion the US spent on foreign wars and domestic militarization since 9/11 could cover the cost of eliminating student debt, the Green New Deal, vaccines for the Global South, and much more,...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/since-911-us-spent-21-trillion-on-militarism/
Sept. 1, 2021 - "Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/cost-post-911-security-state-21-trillion/
Sept. 1, 2021 - ...military and other spending.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/america-price-tag-two-decades-war-6-trillion/
Sept. 1, 2021 - The wars' financial costs will continue to accrue for years even now that the last U.S. soldier has left Afghanistan.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/cost-wars-afghanistan-iraq-trillions-more/
Sept. 1, 2021 - Left behind is the Afghanistan war’s mammoth expense, the bulk of it financed with borrowed money and whose financial impact could be felt for decades.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/biden-defends-ending-forever-wars-afghanistan/
Sept. 1, 2021 - Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, says Biden’s speech was honest about the costs of war and the need to get out, but she says it’s “clearly not true&rdquo...
