Stephanie Savell @stephsavell

Director, Costs of War project at Brown University; anthropologist; research on U.S. post-9/11 wars. Also tweets for @CostsOfWar watson.brown.edu/people/faculty… New York, USA Joined April 2014

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The Costs of War Project @CostsOfWar

2 months ago

"This is not an arsenal of democracy—it's an arsenal of profiteering." @stephsavell on our latest research showing that more than half of Trump's military budget will likely go to military contractors. commondreams.org/news/pentagon-…

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The Costs of War Project @CostsOfWar

2 months ago

Costs of War’s @stephsavell on the new report: “This is not an arsenal of democracy — it’s an arsenal of profiteering. We should keep the enormous and growing power of the arms industry in mind as we assess the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S. and globally.” [10/12]

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Watson School at Brown @Watson_School

2 months ago

Unmasking American myths about war and the military — In an interview on the @makingpeaceviz #podcast, @stephsavell discussed whether massive U.S. defense spending is actually making the country safer. ow.ly/UoxZ50WfBuw

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The Costs of War Project @CostsOfWar

2 months ago

BREAKING: The reconciliation bill enacted recently pushes annual U.S. military spending beyond the $1 trillion mark—likely triggering a more than half-trillion-dollar transfer of wealth from taxpayers to military contractors. [THREAD] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pap…

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The Costs of War Project @CostsOfWar

3 months ago

“Israel’s military capacity is dependent on the high levels of military aid it has received from the United States for the last five decades," says @stephsavell. “That aid has ramped up over the last year allowing Israel to wage this war.” theintercept.com/2025/06/17/ira…

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The Costs of War Project @CostsOfWar

4 months ago

The horrors of war and the joys of play through video games are seemingly incompatible. But their histories are inextricably linked. Our latest report looks at the militarization of video games. [THREAD] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pap…

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Stephanie Savell @stephsavell

5 months ago

Looking forward to this conversation tomorrow!

Nick Turse @nickturse

5 months ago

Looking forward to this conversation tomorrow!

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Just Foreign Policy @justfp

5 months ago

“Fifty-three people have died in this latest wave of U.S. airstrikes, five of them children. These are just the latest deaths in a long track record of U.S. killing in Yemen" -@stephsavell of @CostsOfWar to @nickturse of @theintercept

The Intercept @theintercept

5 months ago

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Nick Turse @nickturse

5 months ago

“Fifty-three people have died in this latest wave of U.S. airstrikes, five of them children. These are just the latest deaths in a long track record of U.S. killing in Yemen," @stephsavell of @CostsOfWar told @theintercept theintercept.com/2025/03/26/sig…

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Stephanie Savell @stephsavell

5 months ago

Wait a minute, the US is making war plans in Yemen??!! This question is glaringly absent from most if not all the US news coverage of the Signal chat leak. This shock should be equally as important as the national security breach. The US is killing innocent people in Yemen.