The U.S. ‘War on Terror’ Has Displaced 37 Million People
September 23, 2020 | Here's why we used the numbers we did -- and what they can and can't tell us.
Articles by David Vine
What 9/11 Taught Me about COVID-19
April 29, 2020 | Organizing, connection, and solidarity are a way out of isolation — especially when we know there's no going back to "normal."
Think Trump Is Too Cozy with Dictators? Check Out the U.S. Military.
May 24, 2017 | In 45 countries, U.S. military bases prop up undemocratic regimes of all sorts, while often interfering with local campaigns for democracy.
‘Everyone Has the Right to Live on Their Island. Why Not Us?’
December 6, 2016 | Thousands of miles from Standing Rock, in the Indian Ocean, another indigenous group understands what it's like to be displaced and ignored by the U.S. government.
Atoning for Washington’s ‘Mass Kidnapping’ in the Indian Ocean
July 7, 2016 | The U.S. and UK governments forcibly expelled an entire population of islanders to make way for a military base. It's time to let them come home.
The U.S. Has an Empire of Bases in the Middle East — and It’s Not Making Anyone Safer
January 20, 2016 | Thirty-six years into the U.S. base build-up in the Greater Middle East, military force has failed as a strategy for controlling the region, no less defeating terrorist organizations.
America’s Global Military Bases Actually Undermine National Security. Here’s How.
September 26, 2015 | Time to cull the herd: America's sprawling global footprint encourages military confrontation, makes host countries into targets, and costs taxpayers a fortune.
Let Us Return! Can the World Cup Be a Tool for Chagossian Social Justice?
June 6, 2014 | Chagossian soccer players hope to leverage the World Cup into passage home to the Chagos islands, from which they were evicted by the U.S. and British.
The Pentagon’s Italian Job
October 11, 2013 | The Pentagon is increasingly turning to Italy as a launching pad for the wars of today and tomorrow alike.
Let the People of Diego Garcia Return to their Homeland
May 29, 2013 | After 40 years of exile and too many broken hearts, it's long past time we let the Chagossians go home.