Arms Spending

France’s President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine “Le Téméraire” during his visit to the Nuclear Submarine Navy Base of Ile Longue in Crozon, northwestern France, on March 2, 2026.

Is Macron Greenlighting a New US-Led Nuclear Arms Race? Is Macron Greenlighting a New US-Led Nuclear Arms Race?

As the global arms control regime collapses, France plans to expand and Europeanize its nuclear arsenal.

Mar 17, 2026 / Harrison Stetler

A dark smoke cloud engulfs destroyed vehicles following a US-Israeli airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran on March 8, 2026.

Fortress America Is Now Our Main Climate Policy Fortress America Is Now Our Main Climate Policy

The US spends trillions not to prevent climate catastrophe but to crack down on climate refugees and prepare for climate conflicts.

Mar 13, 2026 / Sarah Lazare

Students at the University of Central Florida take part in a campus protest against the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza.

The American Universities Programming Israel’s Killer Drones The American Universities Programming Israel’s Killer Drones

Industry partnerships in higher education are pushing STEM graduates into the business of weapons manufacturing and genocide profiteering.

Feb 27, 2026 / StudentNation / Julian Cooper

Russian Nuclear Missile Victory Day Parade

The End of Arms Control? The End of Arms Control?

For the first time, we will live in a world without constraints on the US-Russian nuclear arsenal.

Feb 5, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Cypriano Castro (1858–1924) was president from 1902 until he was deposed in 1908. He died in exile.

Before There Was Nicolás Maduro, There Was Cipriano Castro Before There Was Nicolás Maduro, There Was Cipriano Castro

Behind today’s headlines is a history of imperial outrage—including a Philadelphia contract man who wreaked havoc in early-20th-century Venezuela and helped oust a president.

Jan 6, 2026 / Greg Grandin

President Donald Trump signs an executive order renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (C) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine shake hands, in the Oval Office of the White House on September 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump and His Cronies Want a War in the Western Hemisphere Trump and His Cronies Want a War in the Western Hemisphere

Don’t be fooled by the anti-interventionist language. The Trump administration is only too eager to use military force.

Jan 2, 2026 / William D. Hartung

Trump speaking to reporters

A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist? A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist?

While he has been more reluctant than some presidents to put US troops in harm’s way, Trump has dismissed checks on his use of military force, saying, “We’re just gonna kill peopl...

Nov 25, 2025 / Stephen Zunes

Trump and MBS

Congress Should Push Back Against the New US-Saudi Arms Agreement Congress Should Push Back Against the New US-Saudi Arms Agreement

We should not let a few business deals, however lucrative, tie America to a regime that is more likely to entangle America in a new Middle East conflict.

Nov 24, 2025 / William D. Hartung

Salt marsh buildups in a Nuclear Waste facility in Germany.

“A House of Dynamite” “A House of Dynamite”

Confronting the new nuclear era.

Oct 22, 2025 / Michael T. Klare

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks to senior military members on September 30, 2025, in Quantico, Virginia.

The Dark Satire of Pete Hegseth’s Quantico Speech The Dark Satire of Pete Hegseth’s Quantico Speech

The secretary of war’s plea for discipline collapses into its opposite—a demand for wanton violence and mayhem 

Oct 8, 2025 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin

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