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Defense spending
Defense spending news and analysis from The Nation
January 24, 2023
Biden’s Foreign Policy at 2
Is America back?
Katrina vanden Heuvel
January 18, 2023
Military Families Are Going Hungry While the Pentagon Budget Skyrockets
That hunger is an issue at all in a military so wildly well-funded by Congress should be a grim reminder of our country’s priorities.
Andrea Mazzarino
December 19, 2022
Defense Contractors Are Escorting Us Down the Path to Armageddon
It’s hard to think of a system more filthy or rotten than one that threatens to destroy most life on our planet, so that this country could in some fashion “win” World War III.
William Astore
December 5, 2022
It’s Time for Rich Countries to Pay Up—Before the Next Climate Disaster
High-emitting countries like ours have run up quite a climate tab.
Stan Cox
and
Priti Gulati Cox
November 15, 2022
It’s Time to Cut Off Arms Sales to the Saudi Regime
The Biden administration promised there would be “consequences” for Saudi Arabia’s recent actions.
William D. Hartung
and
Annelle Sheline
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October 6, 2022
Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine
Kyiv deserves our economic support and military aid, but not American troops or nuclear ambiguity.
Kai Bird
for
The Nation
September 20, 2022
What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China.
Americans’ top security concerns include safety at home and protecting jobs.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
September 20, 2022
Reining In the War Economy
It’s time to end the Pentagon’s stranglehold on our national budget.
William D. Hartung
September 15, 2022
An Inflated Pentagon Budget Is Not in the Country’s Best Interest
Scamming the taxpayer has become a way of life for the national security state.
Julia Gledhill
and
William D. Hartung
June 21, 2022
The Pentagon Gets More Money, and Americans Pay the Price
What’s all this new defense spending for?
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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