The Pentagon’s budget follies come at a high price.
Why We Need a Woke Military
A strategically effective military must commit to being socially responsible in order to align itself with its own professed values.
Not Your Grandfather’s Military-Industrial Complex
The Pentagon wields unwarranted Influence, twenty-first-century-style.
Creating a Hypersonic Pentagon Budget
Why is the Pentagon budget so high?
The True Costs of War over Taiwan
Are we at the brink of war in the Pacific?
Going Down the Military Drain
America’s costly, dysfunctional approach to security is making us ever less safe.
America’s Underperforming Military
A yawning gap looms between the U.S. military’s reputation and its actual performance.
Countering the “China Threat”–At What Price?
The Pentagon is upgrading its full-spectrum dominance, with China as the primary target.
Osama’s Ghost: The Economics of Overextension
Twenty years of military quagmire of the Middle East has contributed to the fraying of the U.S. economy even as China has rapidly become the new center of global capital accumulation.
The Police and the Pentagon Are Bringing Our Wars Home
We need to end systemic racism and the militarism that makes it even deadlier — from Kabul to Atlanta and Baghdad to Minneapolis.