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Election 2020October 1, 2020
Trump Embodies America’s Dreams of Destruction
The president’s threats are strangely unexceptional and unnervingly all-American.
William J. Astore
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Arms SpendingSeptember 16, 2019
The Pentagon’s $1.5 Trillion Addiction to the F-35 Fighter
Despite serious setbacks, Lockheed Martin’s defunct jet still has Washington’s ear.
William J. Astore
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US Wars and Military ActionJuly 9, 2019
The Pentagon Will Never Have Enough
For decades, the Pentagon has shored up its power and consumed too much of our national budget. Will we ever escape its pull?
William J. Astore
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War and PeaceJune 5, 2019
The Dirty Truth About American Airpower
A retired Air Force officer shares 10 cautionary tenets about our overreliance on bombing campaigns.
William J. Astore
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US Wars and Military ActionJanuary 28, 2019
The Endless Cost of Washington’s Lost Wars
American forces are engaged in an open-ended war on terror in 80 countries, costing nearly $6 trillion since 2001
William J. Astore
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Arms SpendingJune 4, 2018
Meet the New, Super-Expensive Stealth Bomber the US Doesn’t Need
Jimmy Carter once canceled a massive weapons project because it was useless. Would Trump?
William J. Astore
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Foreign PolicyMarch 15, 2018
The Pentagon Wants You to Go Shopping While the Experts Go to War
Americans are in the dark about the near-global warfare being waged in their name.
William J. Astore
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US Wars and Military ActionFebruary 5, 2018
10 Commonsense Tricks to Curb the Pentagon’s Endless Wars
Isn’t it finally time to apply a little reason to our disastrous pattern of war-making?
William J. Astore
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US Wars and Military ActionSeptember 12, 2017
The ‘World’s Greatest Military’ Is Indeed Great—at Defeating Itself
American forces seek to dominate everywhere, but they win decisively nowhere.
William J. Astore
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Nuclear Arms and ProliferationJuly 13, 2017
Nuclear Bunkers Won’t Protect You From What’s Happening in the White House
It’s time to stop hiding from the crises we’ve created.
William J. Astore