EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
September 17, 2021
Executive Summary — Dismantling Racism and Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy
by Salih Booker and Diana Ohlbaum
The major challenges facing Americans today—pandemic disease, climate change, economic inequality, racial and gender injustice—cannot be solved without international solidarity and human compassion.
REPORT
September 13, 2021
Profits of War: Corporate Beneficiaries of the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge
by William Hartung, in collaboration with Brown University's Costs of War
This report reviews the major sources of corporate profit tied to America’s post 9/11 wars, as well as other factors driving the enormous surge in military spending during the first two decades of this century, including the growth in the global arms trade, the recent focus on construing China as a threat, and large Pentagon budgets.
ISSUE BRIEF
September 8, 2021
The Arms Left Behind in Afghanistan
by Elias Yousif
The Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan gives them access to a massive arsenal of U.S. weapons left behind by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. This brief gives an overview of the arms the U.S. has transferred to Afghanistan over the last 20 years and the risks they might pose in the hands of the Taliban.
ISSUE BRIEF
August 31, 2021
U.S. Arms Sales to South Korea
by Billy Ostermeyer
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), one of America’s closest strategic and economic partners, has relied for decades on American security cooperation to build and maintain credible deterrence against North Korea and other potential adversaries. But economic interests, compounded by the Trump administration’s unpredictable North Korea diplomacy and singular focus on making South Korea pay more for U.S. troops, have driven South Korea’s urgency in bolstering its domestic arms industry while seeking a greater degree of operational autonomy from the United States.
WEEKLY AP MONITOR
August 24, 2021
USAPM: Will the next Afghanistan be in Africa?
Africa Program
This week's policy monitor examines the possibility of militant groups across Africa emulating the Taliban in the context of waning support from the West, and the possibility of continued and increased militarized foreign policy from the United States.