The Costs of War Project
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The human, budgetary, environmental, and social costs of US militarism and military operations, at home and abroad. Housed @brownuniversity’s @Watson_School.
Joined June 2011
BREAKING: Our latest estimates reveal that deaths in post-9/11 war zones top 4.5 million. Read more by @MiriamABerger in the @WashingtonPost:
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RT @Watson_School: A new @CostsOfWar report titled “Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending, 2020–2024” finds that military….
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Read the research, "Consuming War: How Pop Culture Captures Our Attention and Fuels Forever Wars."
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A tech CEO with ties to the Trump administration wants to use Hollywood to promote American exceptionalism and "name America’s enemies". This is not new: over 2,500 movies and TV films have been produced with Pentagon assistance to promote militarism.
semafor.com
The company’s proposed projects celebrate American military action, push for confrontation with China, and elevate heroes of the right from Ayn Rand to Elon Musk.
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Today, the numbers of indirect deaths likely put the death toll to 300,000 -- a conservative estimate.
I wrote a study on “indirect deaths” in the post-9/11 wars—those deaths that continue long after bombs are dropped. Here’s what my analysis brings to bear on analyzing the death toll in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. [THREAD].
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Last year, our research highlighted an October 2, 2024 letter a group of U.S. physicians sent to President Biden estimating that 62,413 people in Gaza had already died of starvation.
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Read the research, "United States Spending on Israel’s Military Operations and Related U.S. Operations in the Region, October 7, 2023 – September 30, 2024":
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As Gaza faces mass starvation due to Israel's blockade, Senator Bernie Sanders cited our research on U.S. spending on military operations in Gaza and beyond since Oct. 7, 2023: $22 billion and counting.
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Spending on diplomacy, cultural engagement, and humanitarian relief generates a huge economic return on investment, writes Costs of War contributor @LJBilmes.
bostonglobe.com
What may look like savings through layoffs and grant rescissions will in fact cost billions in lost trade, weakened alliances, and diminished global influence.
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The notion of "miracle weapons" arises in every generation only to routinely fall flat, writes Costs of War contributor @WilliamHartung on Silicon Valley's increasing influence in the military industrial complex. Via @TomDispatch:
tomdispatch.com
When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the unwarranted influence wielded by a partnership between the military and a growing cohort of U.S....
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Read the report, “Deserted: The U.S. Military's Sexual Assault Crisis as a Cost of War”.
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Roughly 24% of women in the U.S. military have experienced sexual assault during the post-9/11 wars.
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A stunning illustration of how war = climate chaos: . Cleaning up rubble from Gaza could generate more than 90,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
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The total death toll in Gaza—including direct and indirect deaths—could already be nearly 300,000 people. That’s a conservative estimate.
I wrote a study on “indirect deaths” in the post-9/11 wars—those deaths that continue long after bombs are dropped. Here’s what my analysis brings to bear on analyzing the death toll in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. [THREAD].
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Over nine months ago, in an October 2, 2024 letter to President Biden, a group of U.S. physicians estimated that 62,413 people in Gaza had already died of starvation. [3/4]
gazahealthcareletters.org
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"I don't know what you would call it other than mass starvation, and it's man-made, and that's very clear," says World Health Organization director general @DrTedros of Israel’s blockade on Gaza. [2/4]
reuters.com
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke following an appeal by more than 100 aid agencies warning of hunger in Gaza while tons of food, clean water and medical supplies sit...
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Prominent news organizations speak out against Israel’s blockade on Gaza leading to mass starvation, which is affecting their own journalists. “It is essential that adequate food supplies reach the people there.” [THREAD]
bbc.com
News organisations say local journalists are increasingly unable to feed themselves in Gaza, facing the same "dire circumstances as those they are covering".
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Between 2020-2024, the U.S. government invested twice as much in five weapons companies than it spent on diplomacy and international assistance.
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Costs of War's @stephsavell: factoring in indirect deaths, the death toll in Gaza since Oct. 2023 could be close to 300,000 — a conservative estimate.
I wrote a study on “indirect deaths” in the post-9/11 wars—those deaths that continue long after bombs are dropped. Here’s what my analysis brings to bear on analyzing the death toll in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. [THREAD].
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Read our latest research with @QuincyInst that reveals more than half of Pentagon spending goes to military contractors.
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