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.
Articles by Nick Turse
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.
America’s Empire of African Bases Spreads
November 26, 2015 | The U.S. military has built an extensive archipelago of African outposts, transforming the continent into a laboratory for a new kind of war.
China, America, and a New Cold War in Africa?
August 5, 2014 | Is the conflict in South Sudan the opening salvo in the battle for a continent?
AFRICOM Goes to War on the Sly
April 15, 2014 | An AFRICOM official says the U.S. has been "at war" in Africa for over two years.