While the human costs will remain impossible to calculate, a new analysis shows that the Pentagon barely scratched the surface of the financial costs of U.S. wars since September 11, 2001 when it released its official estimate last August regarding how much the U.S. has spent on fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere. The Watson Institute […]
A hundred years after the end of the “war to end all wars,” USC experts discuss its surprising impact and how it affects us even today One hundred years ago Sunday, the Allies and Germany agreed to an armistice ending World War I. The Great War claimed 40 million lives — but also serves as […]
BEIJING — China has rejected accusations from President Donald Trump that Beijing is meddling in the upcoming U.S. elections, with some Chinese media calling the suggestion “crazy talk” and others noting the remarks were just “campaign strategy.” Trump made the rare and very public accusations Wednesday during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. After […]
BEIJING — China says it has no choice but to retaliate to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, risking a further escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. On Tuesday, China announced a tariff hike on $60 billion of American products. In a brief statement […]