The Pentagon wields unwarranted Influence, twenty-first-century-style.
Not Your Grandfather’s Military-Industrial Complex
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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.
Bolton Wants to Fight Iran, But the Pentagon Has Its Eye on China
The Pentagon may be burned by the war on terror, but it’s obsessively preparing for a high-intensity conflict with China or Russia.
Two Strongmen Embrace as US Watches from Sidelines
Rodrigo Duterte and Xi Jinping are loving their bromance. But the relationship doesn’t have a lot of popular support.