Are those who seek to protect civilians in armed conflict helping to prolong our endless wars?
August 20, 2020 By Dan Mahanty So who is responsible for the duration of America’s forever wars? In his recent…
Great Expectations: AFRICOM’s New Quarterly Report on Civilian Casualties
By Dan Mahanty March feels like a decade and a thousand COVID-19 news cycles ago, so you could be forgiven for…
IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS: U.S. MILITARY INVESTIGATIONS AND CIVILIAN HARM
February 20, 2020 – For the general public, the notion of a military investigation into a civilian death may conjure…
US Week in Review – May 6
SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND ARMS SALES A US-based training program for Afghan attack pilots has ended after more than 40 percent…
Protecting Civilians Still Matters in Great-Power Conflict
It’s easy to see why counterinsurgency campaigns tread carefully around local bystanders. It’s no less important in larger-scale war. As…
The Pentagon’s 2018 Civilian Casualties Report: What’s In It and What’s Next
By: Dan Mahanty and Rita Siemion The Pentagon’s latest annual report on civilian casualties, released this morning, lists shockingly low numbers…
US Week in Review – April 15
At least 13 civilians, mostly children, were killed and more than 100 injured when Saud-led coalition strikes hit a school…
US Week in Review – April 8
AFGHANISTAN The New York Times documented 10 civilian deaths in Afghanistan between March 28 and April 4. A report by…
Costs of War Can’t Be Assessed Without Official Civilian Casualty Estimates
By: Dan Mahanty and Alex Moorehead In a recent essay, retired Major General Charles J. Dunlap Jr. argues that the release…