The Costs of War Project
@costsofwar.bsky.social
The human, budgetary, environmental, and social costs of U.S. wars and military operations, at home and abroad. Housed at Brown University's Watson School of International and Public Affairs at costsofwar.org.
This is in addition to the vast U.S. budgetary costs of these wars: $8 trillion. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/econom...
U.S. Federal Budget
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is in addition to the vast U.S. budgetary costs of these wars: $8 trillion. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/econom...
For example, in the case of Cop City, media often unquestioningly cited officials who conflated activism—exercising the first amendment right to protest—with terrorism, to the detriment of democracy.
Read the research: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/why-me...
Read the research: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/why-me...
January 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
For example, in the case of Cop City, media often unquestioningly cited officials who conflated activism—exercising the first amendment right to protest—with terrorism, to the detriment of democracy.
Read the research: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/why-me...
Read the research: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/why-me...
Read the research, "Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending, 2020-2024". costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/profit...
January 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Read the research, "Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending, 2020-2024". costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/profit...
In Afghanistan alone, U.S. allies committed thousands of troops to fight the so-called "War on Terror". costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/costs-...
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
In Afghanistan alone, U.S. allies committed thousands of troops to fight the so-called "War on Terror". costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/costs-...
U.S. "nation-building" and regime change has consistently left its targets worse off. A snapshot of Afghanistan before and after 20 years of post-9/11 war and occupation: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/afghan...
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
U.S. "nation-building" and regime change has consistently left its targets worse off. A snapshot of Afghanistan before and after 20 years of post-9/11 war and occupation: costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/afghan...
Between 2001-2022, the U.S. spent over $8 trillion on the post-9/11 wars, which were funded largely through debt, obscuring their true financial costs. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/econom...
U.S. Federal Budget
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Between 2001-2022, the U.S. spent over $8 trillion on the post-9/11 wars, which were funded largely through debt, obscuring their true financial costs. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/econom...
The post-9/11 wars and their reverberating impacts have killed at least 4.5 million people. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/papers/how-d...
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The post-9/11 wars and their reverberating impacts have killed at least 4.5 million people. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/papers/how-d...
Read the research, "Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending, 2020 – 2024". costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/profit...
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Read the research, "Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending, 2020 – 2024". costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/profit...
Read the research, "The Employment Impacts of Cuts to Federal Spending: Not All Cuts Are Created Equal," by Heidi Peltier. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/employ...
The Employment Impacts of Cuts to Federal Spending: Not All Cuts Are Created Equal
Economist Heidi Peltier (Senior Researcher, Brown University) documents how the majority of the federal workforce involves military-related sectors, including the military, homeland security, and more...
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Read the research, "The Employment Impacts of Cuts to Federal Spending: Not All Cuts Are Created Equal," by Heidi Peltier. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/employ...
Counting indirect deaths, an estimated 4.5 million people have died in the U.S. post-9/11 wars. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/papers/how-d...
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Counting indirect deaths, an estimated 4.5 million people have died in the U.S. post-9/11 wars. costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/papers/how-d...