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Military-industrial complex
Military-industrial complex news and analysis from The Nation
May 19, 2023
Why the Right Embraces Military-Veteran Vigilantes
The right is often misconstrued as anti-war. In reality, it wants to wage its war on American soil—against people whose Americanness it won’t recognize.
Spencer Ackerman
May 17, 2023
The Future of War Is AI
AI, whatever its positives, looks like anything but what the world needs right now to save us from a hell on earth.
Tom Engelhardt
May 11, 2023
The Best Years of My Country Are Behind Me
Thirty years ago, I caught a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of my eye of a better future, a better America, a better world. It was not to be.
William Astore
May 9, 2023
The Military Industrial Complex Is More Powerful Than Ever
The current war machine isn’t your grandfather’s MIC, not by a country mile.
William D. Hartung
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Benjamin Freeman
May 2, 2023
There Is No Winning in Modern Warfare
The US military may have achieved just one success of any significance since 1945—despite becoming the best-funded institution in this country.
Tom Engelhardt
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April 27, 2023
Think the Pentagon Budget Is Too High Now? I’ve Got Bad News.
As today’s emerging technology gets converted into actual combat systems, future spending will only increase.
Michael T. Klare
April 26, 2023
A US-China War Over Taiwan?
There are few barriers to nuclear escalation.
Michael T. Klare
April 19, 2023
Why Eisenhower’s “Chance for Peace” Address Still Matters
The speech was an indictment of nuclear buildup and excessive military spending.
William D. Hartung
April 19, 2023
Ukraine Is Another Chapter in the Forever War
Who even remembers when the First World War was known as “the war to end all wars”?
Karen J. Greenberg
April 11, 2023
The Crisis of Imagination in International Relations
The world should often “do something” about a crisis—but we must stop defaulting to military intervention.
Nanjala Nyabola
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