Some experts have argued that China’s military expenditures are far higher than official reporting would suggest, with one Senator claiming that China’s spending is roughly on par with U.S. spending.

Since the 2000s, national governments and terrorist groups – from Israel, Syria’s Assad regime and the United States to the Islamic State – have found ways to curtail conflict coverage through myriad ...

David Vine is a political anthropologist and writer. David is the author of a trilogy of books about war and peace including "The United States of War: A Global History of America’s Endless Conflicts, ...

U.S. BUDGETARY COSTS The vast economic impact of the U.S. post-9/11 wars goes beyond the Pentagon's "Overseas Contigency Operations" (War) budget. This chart and the attached paper estimate the more ...

Some lawmakers are calling on Congress to increase defense spending even above the historically high level requested by the Biden administration, citing current high rates of inflation. But there is ...

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A British soldier with NATO-led Resolute Support Mission forces arrives at the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Western allies of the United States have ...

Professor Ashutosh Varshney has recently published a paper in Journal of Democracy.The paper was coauthored with PhD candidate Connor Staggs and is titled "Hindu Nationalism and the New Jim Crow".This ...

The brutal assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse pitchforked Haiti once again into the world news headlines. The typical condemnation of the political murder of the nation’s leader has been ...

Space is limited, please register here. Come hear from Dr. Pradip Gyanwali and Dr. Suman Pant on research challenges and opportunities in Nepal. Dr. Gyanwali is the Chief of Nepal National Health ...

Costs of War was cited in Tribune Juive, an Israel-focused publication in France.

CLACS is pleased to announce that the following Brown University graduate students were recently awarded funding through the Center for their research on/in Latin America and the Caribbean: ...