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Neta Crawford, "Military Power: Balancing Security and Climate Threats" Climate One, August 30, 2024

William Hartung, Roxana Tiron "The Military Industrial Complexity" The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, June 13, 2024

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Stephanie Savell, “Brown University researcher: True cost of Iran War far exceeds Pentagon's $25 billion claim” One on One with Ian Donnis, May 6, 2026

Stephanie Savell, “$25 billion (and counting): The Iran War's cost, 2 months ago” KCRW, April 30, 2026

William Hartung, “New Report Emphasizes Downsides of a Militarized Economy” Forbes, April 30, 2026

Andrea Mazzarino, “The Global War on Terror's Journey Home” TomDispatch, April 28, 2026

Hanna Homestead, "We Decide: America at the Crossroads with Jenna Flanagan" WBAI, April 27, 2026

William Hartung, “Reining in the Pentagon” TomDispatch, April 26, 2026

William Hartung, John Nichols, Elie Mystal, Amba Kak, “Reimagining AI”The Nation (panel webinar) April 24, 2026

Linda Bilmes, “The Cost of War” Search Engine (podcast), April 17, 2026

David Vine, “To Stop Endless War in Iran and Beyond, Congress Should Rescind the Money to Fight” Common Dreams, April 21, 2026

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Linda Blimes, “The real cost of the war with Iran” WBUR: On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti, April 13, 2026

Catherine Lutz, “The REAL Costs of America's Wars” Always at War: Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, April 4, 2026

Heidi Peltier, “Trump seeks $1.5T for military, including ‘Trump-class battleships’” CBC, April 3, 2026

Lyle Goldstein, “The Delayed US-China Summit Is Another Cost of the Iran War” The National Interest, March 26, 2026

Heidi Peltier, “Unpacking the Cost of the War on Iran” NPR, March 12, 2026

Linda J. Bilmes, “The real cost of the war with Iran” The Boston Globe, March 10, 2026

Janet Abou-Elias, William Hartung, “The Brave New War Machine” TomDispatch, March 8, 2026

Heidi Peltier, Justin Logan, Ben Freeman, Steve Kosiak, “The True Cost of a $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget” The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, March 5, 2026

Spencer Ackerman, "The War on Terror Paved the Way for Trump's Rise--Now He's Making It His Own"The Nation, March 2, 2026

William Hartung, “War is Not the Way to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons” Forbes, March 2, 2026

Nick Turse, “ICE Brings the War Home” TomDispatch, February 24, 2026

William Hartung, “Trillion Dollar War Machine with Bill Hartung: The Cost of American Military Spending” World Affairs Council of Connecticut, January 23, 2026

Neta Crawford, Jennifer Greenburg, Linda Bilmes, Stephanie Savell, “The Costs of War for U.S. Democracy” Watson School of International and Public Affairs, February 5, 2026

Andrea Mazzarino, “The United States of Consumption” TomDispatch, January 27, 2026

William Hartung, “Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change” TomDispatch, January 22, 2026

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Roberto J. Gonzalez, “American technofascism” Human Organization, November 14, 2025

William Hartung, “The “President of Peace” Prepares for War” TomDispatch, December 22, 2025

Catherine Lutz, Anne Lutz Fernandez, “Opinion: Authoritarianism Feeds on a Bloated Military Budget” Common Dreams, December 19, 2025

Catherine Lutz, “The Costs of War with Brown University Professor Catherine Lutz” The Home Front with Reed Galen, December 17, 2025

Andrea Mazzarino, “Welcome to Donald Trump's U.S.A.” TomDispatch, November 30, 2025

Catherine Lutz, “Magical Thinking” FrankNews, November 25, 2025

Catherine Lutz & Anne Lutz Fernandez, “Ask Americans - they don't want a war on Venezuela” Responsible Statecraft, November 21, 2025

William Hartung & Ashley Gate, “Doomed, Not Domed?” TomDispatch, November 17, 2025

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David Vine, “Peace in Gaza Depends on Palestinians' Right to Remain - and Return” Foreign Policy In Focus, October 24, 2025

William Hartung, “The Gaza Ceasefire Deal is a Start, But It's Only a Start” Inkstick, October 14, 2025

Nick Turse, “On the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule” TomDispatch, October 16, 2025

William Hartung “$21.7 billion in US military aid has fueled Israel's war on Gaza” Responsible Statecraft, October 7. 2025

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William Hartung, “Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars?” TomDispatch, September 30, 2025

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Neta Crawford, "Gaza: civilian death toll outpaces other modern wars" The Conversation, August 27, 2025

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William Hartung, "Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers" TomDispatch, July 27, 2025

Linda Bilmes, "Soft power delivers big returns, but Trump is slashing it anyway" Boston Globe, July 24, 2025

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