Americas

Changing Perspectives on U.S.-Mexico Relations

By Tom Barry

May-01-2013 | Policy Brief

Tom Barry offers policy recommendations for the meeting between Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto... Read More »

Drones Over the Homeland

By Tom Barry

Apr-23-2013 | Report

A report exploring how politics, money and lack of oversight have sparked drone proliferation, and what we can do about it... Read More »

National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism

By Melvin A. Goodman

Feb-18-2013 | Book

Upon leaving the White House in 1961, President Eisenhower famously warned Americans about the dangers of a "military industrial complex," and was clearly worried about the destabilizing effects of a national economy based on outsized investments in military spending. As more and more Americans fall into poverty and the global economy spirals downward, the United States is spending more on the military than ever before... Read More »

Diplomacy Empowers Obama’s Syria Strategy

By Harry Blaney

May-16-2013 | Letter

In a letter to the Financial Times, Harry Blaney outlines options the U.S. can pursue in regards to Syria... Read More »

The Real Benghazi Scandal

By Melvin A. Goodman

May-15-2013 | Article

In the light of the "Benghazi Scandal," Goodman explores other CIA debacles, stressing that the decline of the CIA and intelligence community can be corrected by one thing: the truth... Read More »

How to Stop Nuclear Proliferation

By Melvin A. Goodman

May-10-2013 | Article

The nuclear imbroglio with North Korea has cooled off considerably, and the nuclear issues with Iran remain on the back burner. At home, however, there is a new nuclear concern that involves the removal of 17 Air Force officers in April 2013 assigned to stand watch over nuclear-tipped Minuteman missiles at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota... Read More »

Busboys and Poets Book Event: Melvin Goodman

Mar-20-13 | 14th & V St. NW

Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore welcomes Melvin Goodman to discuss and sign his new book, "National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism"... Read More »

Myths vs. Realities of Pentagon Spending

Nov-15-12 | Vassar College Rockefeller Hall Room 300

William Hartung will be speaking at Vassar College on Thursday, November 15. The topic of discussion will be "Myths vs. Realities of Pentagon Spending" ... Read More »

The Colombian Peace Talks: Perspectives from Civil Society

Nov-01-12 | Washington Office on Latin America 1666 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20009

On October 18, historic peace talks between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government—the first formal negotiations in a decade—began in Oslo, Norway... Read More »

Four Decades of US Defense Spending

By Carl Conetta, Charles Knight, Ethan Rosenkranz

Jan-25-2013 | Fact Sheet

A one page review and assessment of the change in US defense spending over 40 years... Read More »

Myths vs. Realities of Pentagon Spending

By William D. Hartung, Stephen Miles

Jul-17-2012 | Fact Sheet

As defense contractors play to American's fears of poor security to increase military spending, Bill Hartung and Stephen Miles reveal the facts about Pentagon spending... Read More »

USA and Allies Outspend Potential Rivals on Military by Four-to-One; America Carries Much of the Defense Burden for its Allies

By Carl Conetta

Jul-17-2012 | Fact Sheet

In this fact sheet Carl Conetta looks U.S. military spending compared to that of other countries... Read More »