Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University
Abstract:
Since late 2001, the United States has appropriated and is obligated to spend an
estimated $6.4 Trillion through Fiscal Year 2020 in budgetary costs related to and caused
by the post-9/11 wars—an estimated $5.4 Trillion in appropriations in current dollars and
an additional minimum of $1 Trillion for US obligations to care for the veterans of these
wars through the next several decades.
Topic:
Defense Policy, Armed Forces, Military Spending, 9/11, and War on Terror
Political Geography:
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, South Asia, Middle East, and United States of America
Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University
Abstract:
If climate change is a “threat multiplier,” as some national security experts and
members of the military argue, how does the US military reduce climate change caused
threats? Or does war and the preparation for it increase those risks?
Topic:
Defense Policy, Climate Change, War, International Security, Military Spending, and Fossil Fuels
Political Geography:
North America, Global Focus, and United States of America