Since the 2000s, national governments and terrorist groups – from Israel, Syria’s Assad regime and the United States to the Islamic State – have found ways to curtail conflict coverage through myriad ...

Military spending shapes the balance of political power in the United States. More than half the military budget goes to contractor companies, especially weapons makers. As contractors obtain ...

An initiative funded by the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation will explore the detrimental effects not just of inequality but of great wealth on democratic institutions. Watson asked political ...

Costs of War research tallies U.S. spending on war and military operations and examines the broader economic consequences of this spending. When calculating the U.S. federal price tag for war, it is ...