War profits soar as global arms revenues hit record 679 billion dollars in 2024
Revenues surged across the United States, Europe, and Israel as wars in Gaza and Ukraine and rising geopolitical tensions fueled unprecedented demand for weapons.
Prince of darkness: Blackwater’s founder promotes a dangerous solution to America’s longest war
“I grew up around the auto industry. Customers would say to my dad, ‘We have this need.’ He would then use his own money to create prototypes to fulfill those needs. He took the ‘If you build it they will come’ approach.” —Erik Prince
End the war in Ukraine
No diplomatic solution is possible without serious pressure on Putin.
Endangered and dangerous Israel, endangering Jews
What effect on Jews elsewhere from manifestly wrong or immoral actions of the state?
Osama Bin Laden’s America
Niger, 9/11, and apocalyptic humiliation
Weapons for anyone
Has Donald Trump become this country’s assassin-in-chief with impressive alacrity?
Water deprivation looms in Gaza
Satellite photos and videos obtained by HRW showed extensive damage to water sanitation infrastructures from Israeli bombardments.
$883.7 billion NDAA passed amid Pentagon audit failures and controversial policies
Congress approves $883.7 billion defense budget despite Pentagon’s audit failures and criticism over waste, cultural policies, and misplaced spending priorities.
Trump risks fragile ceasefire in Gaza
Trump supports the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. But is this going over well with the architects of the ceasefire?
The economic consequences of the war
Ukraine’s economic losses and the outside assistance that country will need ever to achieve anything resembling what once passed for normal are staggering.