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Costs of War Project

Research project at Brown University on the costs of U.S. war and militarism. It says it aims to give “the fullest possible account” of those costs.

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The U.S. Budgetary Costs of the Post-9/11 Wars, Costs of War Project, Brown University, 1 Sep 2021. Scholarship & press
Neta C. Crawford is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Boston University and a Co-Director of the Costs of War Project.
Economic Costs, Costs of War Project, Brown University. Scholarship & press
The United States, over the last two decades, has already spent and the Biden administration has requested about $5.8 trillion in reaction to the 9/11 attacks, calculates Political scientist and Costs of War co-founder Neta Crawford.
Pentagon spending has totaled over $14 trillion since the start of the war in Afghanistan, with one-third to one-half of the total going to military contractors, writes policy analyst William D. Hartung.
Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending, 2020 – 2024, Costs of War Project, Brown University, 8 Jul 2025. Scholarship & press
Costs of War published this report in collaboration with the transpartisan think tank Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Costs of War, Costs of War Project, Brown University. Scholarship & press
In five years, from 2020 to 2024, private firms received $2.4 trillion in contracts from the Pentagon, approximately 54% of the department’s discretionary spending of $4.4 trillion over that period.

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