Some experts have argued that China’s military expenditures are far higher than official reporting would suggest, with one Senator claiming that China’s spending is roughly on par with U.S. spending.

Some lawmakers are calling on Congress to increase defense spending even above the historically high level requested by the Biden administration, citing current high rates of inflation. But there is ...

The creation of the new cabinet-level Homeland Security agency after 9/11 and the associated identification of a new homeland security mission to prevent, respond to, and recover from terrorist ...

Through Fiscal Year 2022, the United States federal government has spent and obligated $8 trillion dollars on the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and elsewhere. This figure includes: ...

In the United States, following the 9/11 attacks, Muslims and people of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Arab descent became targets of government racial profiling practices. The U.S. government ...

"We’re on the verge of a fiscal cliff,” said Maribeth Calabro, the president of the Providence Teachers Union. “The result of that will be catastrophic.” Over the past year, school officials across ...

For roughly a century, supermarkets have dominated everyday Americans’ shopping routines. We buy medicine from their pharmacies, vegetables from their produce sections, bread from their bakeries, and ...

Palestinian medical worker stands in front of a tent for COVID-19 test at a medical clinic in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. (Photo by Ahmed Zakot / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images ...

Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre holds a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on the political ecology of forest conservation, historical geography, ...

At this week’s China Chat we are joined by Grant Rhode for a discussion of his book, “Great Power Clashes along the Maritime Silk Road: Lessons from History to Shape Current Strategy.” Grant Rhode ...

This reading group will convene to discuss the work of Ailton Krenak, a Brazilian Indigenous ...

Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern. They project that the consequences of global warming – rising seas, ...