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Military-industrial complex
Military-industrial complex news and analysis from The Nation
September 16, 2019
Despite serious setbacks, Lockheed Martin’s defunct jet still has Washington’s ear.
September 11, 2019
But only a little. Trump’s clownish foreign policy shouldn’t be used to discredit diplomacy.
September 6, 2019
The recent attack at Kabul’s Green Village illustrates how private contractors turn communities into targets.
August 30, 2019
Washington is withdrawing from the INF treaty not because of Russian violations but because the Pentagon wants to deploy a dangerous new class of its own nukes.
August 6, 2019
The court at The Hague has a chance to investigate crimes against humanity in the US’s longest-running war—but so far, it refuses.
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August 5, 2019
The bloated defense industry is a terrible job creator. Taxpayer money is better spent on education, clean energy, or health care.
July 16, 2019
A planned merger between Raytheon and United Technologies will only further consolidate a bloated military-industrial complex.
July 9, 2019
For decades, the Pentagon has shored up its power and consumed too much of our national budget. Will we ever escape its pull?
June 25, 2019
A younger generation skeptical of the US military is moving beyond street protests and into the halls of power.
May 7, 2019
Each year, Congress approves hundreds of billions of dollars for the US defense budget—but the real number exceeds $1 trillion.
