The only winners from the military alliance’s spending policy are weapons manufacturers, concludes a briefing authored by the Transnational Institute and several nonprofits.
NATO SUMMIT: Alliance Emissions Fuel Climate Breakdown
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Scientists to Biden: Cancel New Nuclear IBM System
More than 700 scientists, in an open letter to the U.S. president and Congress, call the new intercontinental-range ballistic missile system, known as Sentinel, expensive and dangerous.
US Court Hears Appeal in US Genocide Complicity Case
At the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, the Center for Constitutional Rights on Monday pushed ahead with its case against the U.S. president and the secretaries of state and defense.
LOOK BACK: The Pentagon Staved Off War With Russia
In March 2022 the Pentagon leaked stories to counter propaganda intended to drag NATO into the conflict, wrote Joe Lauria. The story has since changed.
RAY McGOVERN: Russia & China — Two Against One
Xi Jinping’s reception of Putin yesterday in Beijing sealed the increasingly formidable strategic relationship, fundamentally misunderstood in Washington.
A Culture of War That Hates Youth
The movement to stop Israel’s murderous oppression of Palestinians is up against the entire military-industrial-congressional complex, writes Norman Solomon.
Assange Case Moves Forward as CIA Covers Its Tracks
Caitlin Johnstone on moves by U.S. authorities to shield the system from political fallout over the Assange case.
Israel Has a Choice
A military that initiated a conflict with an extreme act of aggression obviously has a choice about whether to escalate, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Niger to US: Pack Up Your Forever War
Nick Turse on the the latest in a series of stalemates, fiascos, or outright defeats in Washington’s Global War on Terror.
Cutting the Pentagon Down to Size
Making major cuts to military spending would increase U.S. national security, argues William J. Astore.