The Global War on Children
October 23, 2024 | War Is not healthy for children and other living things.
Articles by Nick Turse
Osama Bin Laden’s Enduring Triumph
July 25, 2024 | U.S. troops are losing a war with their deadliest enemy: themselves.
The Pentagon’s .00035 Percent Problem
May 24, 2024 | Despite blood on its hands, the Pentagon once again fails to make amends.
The Forever Failure of America’s Failed Forever Wars
April 5, 2024 | The new junta in Niger tells the United States to pack up its war and go home.
Remote Warfare and Expendable People
February 2, 2024 | Forever war means never having to say you’re sorry.
The Epicenter of International Terrorism
November 20, 2023 | America's forever wars yield a 75,000% increase in terror attacks.
Continental Drifters and the Nationless Nation
March 7, 2022 | The number of people forcibly displaced by war, persecution, general violence, or human-rights violations last year swelled to a staggering 84 million.
For the U.S. Military, ‘Winning’ Now Means Staying at War as Long as Possible
September 5, 2018 | Kissinger once said guerrillas won by not losing. Facing a loss themselves, the military adopted the same strategy.
Global Military Deployments Have Done Nothing to Reduce the Threat of Terrorism
January 17, 2018 | U.S. Special Forces now blanket most of the world, yet terrorist groups continue to proliferate. Maybe militarism isn't the solution.
Inside the U.S. Drone War on the Islamic State
December 24, 2015 | How the Pentagon is using the "ISIS crisis" to expand its footprint in the Horn of Africa.