November 16, 2025 William Hartung and Ashley Gate Tomgram William D. Hartung and Ashley Gate, A New Gold(en) Mine for Arms Contractors Posted on November 16, 2025 Donald Trump remains a mystery man of some eerie sort. After all, just ask yourself, why in the world did he only recently announce that this country was going to “immediately” resume nuclear testing, not having tested a nuclear weapon — despite its vast arsenal — since 1992? “Because of other countries testing pro

November 10, 2025 Benjamin Neimark , Queen Mary University of London  and Kate Mackintosh , University of California, Los Angeles  People across the Gaza Strip have been returning to towns and cities badly damaged by the war after a fragile ceasefire took effect in October. Eventually, their lives will be restored and their homes will be built back. But the climate consequences of the war will remain for years to come. https://www.juancole.com/2025/11/ravage-environment-respo

November 8, 2025 Isabelle Jones The United States joined with the likes of Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and Israel in voting against the resolution on autonomous weapons.

November 4, 2025 Brian Finucane On Monday, the Trump administration’s use of military force against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean and Pacific will run afoul of the War Powers Resolution’s 60-day clock, which requires termination of such operations if the president has been unable to obtain affirmative congressional authorization. The administration, however, has reportedly come up with a legal argument for why the War Powers Resolution does not apply. As I explain

October 27, 2025 Ariel Gold After two years of relentless bombardment, what Israel’s military has left behind in Gaza will continue to claim lives and maim the innocent. A Palestinian boy walks past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qatta / AFP via Getty Images)

September 9, 2025 Jessica Corbett As global outrage  over Israel's attack targeting Hamas ceasefire negotiators in Qatar began to mount...

September 6, 2025 Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Spending more on defence will be pointless unless western governments also tackle the...

August 13, 2025 William Astore As a retired U.S. Air Force officer, I firmly believe in civilian control of our military. This country...

August 11, 2025 Al Jazeera When it comes to selling weapons, the United States is in a league of its own: more than 40 percent of all...

August 6, 2025 Arjun Makhijani It all started in 1939, when Albert Einstein signed a letter , drafted by Leo Szilard, to US President...

July 28, 2025 William Hartung (   Tomdispatch.com ) – When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the...

July 10, 2025 By World BEYOND War The global peace organization World BEYOND War has announced the awardees for its fifth annual War...

July 9, 2025 William D. Hartung and Stephen N. Semler In five years, from 2020 to 2024, private firms received $2.4 trillion in contracts...

July 1, 2025 William D. Hartung The Senate is on the verge of passing the distinctly misnamed “ big beautiful bill .” It is, in fact, one...

Will Trump keep promise to rein in War, Inc.? The Pentagon budget battle will soon commence and Elon Musk wants a piece of the pie...

Responsible Statecraft shows us how a $200 billion plan spiraled into history's most expensive, unfinished weapon system

William Hartung, Research Fellow at Quincy Institute, will uncloak how the war industry drives Washing

The future of both climate and war is largely shaped by spending, & military spending has been greater than any climate investments

(Stockholm, 22 April 2024) Total global military expenditure reached $2443 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8 per cent in real terms...

As DOD integrates artificial intelligence into military operations, concerns rise over ethics, transparency, and unintended consequences...