Arms Spending & Proliferation

Drone Race to a Known Future

Tom Engelhardt : Afghanistan War

Armed drone aircraft in Afghanistan and Pakistan are only the latest wonder weapon to promise us the world.

The Gates Revolution

Michael T. Klare : US Military

The ghosts of Vietnam are everywhere, as counterinsurgency makes a comeback in the Pentagon budget.

Is the Next Defense Budget a Stimulus Package?

Frida Berrigan : U.S. Economy

World War II defense spending helped pull us out of a depression, but don't count on that happening this time.

My Future as an Arms Manufacturer

Terry Jones : Humor

It's not that I'm keen on killing people. It's just that the money's so good.

We Have the Bailout Money--We're Spending It on War

Chalmers Johnson : U.S. Economy

If we don't reduce military spending now, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable. We don't have much time left.

Wasteful Weapons and the Pols Who Love Them

Robert Scheer : US Military

An Air Force contract to build an obsolete B-2 refueling tanker has suddenly become a campaign issue--and the Democrats are on the wrong side.

The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger

Jonathan Schell : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

During the cold war, the driving force was the bilateral arms race; now it's proliferation.

A Colder War

Jonathan Schell : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

Richard Rhodes's Arsenals of Folly, sequel to the book that defined the atomic age, captures the political struggle that brought it to an end.

Needed: A New Security Plan

William D. Hartung

The failure of Bush's foreign policy should open the way for Democrats to present substantial alternatives and rethink what makes us safe. Sadly, that is not happening.

US Arms for Terrorists?

Frank Smyth : Colombia

Two US officers are caught delivering weapons to a Colombian paramilitary group.

Fiddling While Crucial Programs Starve

Robert Scheer : Government Programs

Has the United States become like ancient Rome, in love with costly conquest?

A Con Job by Pakistan's Pal, George Bush

Robert Scheer : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

Trying to follow the US policy on the proliferation of nuclear weapons is like watching a three-card monte game.

Battling the Pentagon

Michelle Ciarrocca & William D. Hartung : US Wars & Military Action

Ugly Americans in Paris

William D. Hartung & Michelle Ciarrocca : US Foreign Policy

The US may have won the war, but US companies are in danger of losing the peace.

The Case Against the War

Jonathan Schell : US Foreign Policy

The revival of nuclear danger means we have already lost.

Letter to America

Ramesh Thakur : Iraq War

War, Inc.

William D. Hartung, Frida Berrigan & Michelle Ciarrocca